The Federal Government of Nigeria has launched a $552 million basic education programme co-financed by the World Bank and the Global Partnership for Education, President Bola Tinubu said on Thursday, to improve learning outcomes, widen access to schooling and strengthen the education system.
According to Reuters report, the HOPE-EDU programme will directly benefit about 29 million children, more than 500,000 teachers, 65,000 public schools and 10,000 non-formal learning centres nationwide, Tinubu said at the launch in Abuja.
The programme is one of five initiatives in place to speed up poverty reduction, human capital development, community growth, and strengthen healthcare.
“These programmes are not separate efforts; they are one coordinated national strategy for poverty reduction, human capital development and community resilience,” Tinubu said.
Tinubu, who is seeking re-election in January, has pursued Nigeria’s biggest economic reforms in decades since taking office in 2023, scrapping costly fuel and electricity subsidies, devaluing the naira and overhauling the tax system to bolster public finances.
He said the initiatives would translate recent economic reforms into tangible gains in livelihoods, education, healthcare and social protection.
