{"id":8396,"date":"2026-11-04T05:30:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T05:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/fg-moves-1-2m-out-of-school-children-into-classrooms-in-two-years-alausa-businessday-ng\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T05:30:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T05:30:57","slug":"fg-moves-1-2m-out-of-school-children-into-classrooms-in-two-years-alausa-businessday-ng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/fg-moves-1-2m-out-of-school-children-into-classrooms-in-two-years-alausa-businessday-ng\/","title":{"rendered":"FG moves 1.2m out-of-school children into classrooms in two years \u2014 Alausa – Businessday NG"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2026spends N66 billion on TVET programmes<\/h3>\n

The federal government says it has enrolled 1.2 million out-of-school children in classrooms over the past two years, while committing N66 billion to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), to expand education access and equip Nigerian with employable skills.\n<\/p>\n

Tunji Alausa, the Minister of Education, disclosed this during Channels TV Politics Today live programme, titled \u201cEducation from A to Z Discussion,\u201d\u00a0 highlighting the government\u2019s efforts to address the out-of-school children crisis and strengthen skills development through technical and vocational education.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWithin two years, we\u2019ve moved 1.2 million children back in school physically and with the consent of their parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are using school feeding, additional financing and other multilayer interventions to bring them to school, and retain them,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n

Alausa explained that while these children in school, the government ensures that they are given the highest quality of education, providing them with skills.\n<\/p>\n

Besides, the minister said that the federal government has paid about N66 billion in indirect stipends to technical students, with each student getting N30,000 per month.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re training 250,000 Nigerians in over 1,200 training centres across the country. \u00a0The first cohort was about 36,000; they have graduated, and 50 percent of them are already employed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are currently doing their skills evaluation, and we have gotten the private sector involved; for every student, we pay them N50,000 per student,\u201d he stressed.\n<\/p>\n

He emphasised that the administration of President Bola Tinubu is intentional about empowering Nigerian youth through access to education and acquisition of practical and employable skills.\n<\/p>\n

To achieve the set goals, the minister said that the government is also supporting the teachers.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have Ignite, a cloud-based initiative where teachers can go and generate resources for their lesson plans. We\u2019re also supporting the teachers\u2019 support system.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re paying for almost 50,000 teachers to upskill, and they\u2019re latching on it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Read also:\u00a0FG misses nearly half of Q1 revenue target despite oil windfall<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Alausa disclosed that the federal government has deployed about N379 billion to support the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) scheme.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cA student doesn\u2019t need to know anybody to get the loan; just apply, and within two minutes, you get a response.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe economic benefits of the student loan programme is very significant, with N192 billion in direct disbursement to students,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

He noted that some of the students who have gotten NELFUND loans send up to N10,000 to their parents in remote areas.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThose parents and their siblings are feeding on loans, and that\u2019s stimulating economic activity.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve disbursed about N180 billion in fees to them, and they are happy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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