Nigeria's Education Sector is recording measurable gains under President Bola Tinubu's administration, with Minister of Education Dr Tunji Alausa telling global stakeholders in London that ongoing reforms are delivering outcomes that will shape generations.

Alausa made the disclosures during a special roundtable session at the Education World Forum in London, United Kingdom, where he engaged education ministers and global stakeholders on Nigeria's foundational learning reforms.

Presenting data on the country's Foundational Literacy and Numeracy initiatives, the minister disclosed that Nigeria had unified foundational literacy delivery under a single national standard covering both formal and non formal education systems.

"We are scaling RANA for Primary 1 to 3 and Teaching at the Right Level for Primary 4 to 6 across 15 states through UBEC. This uses structured lesson plans, weekly teacher coaching and regular assessments," he stated.

Alausa noted that the Accelerated Basic Education Programme, developed by the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council, delivers the same foundational literacy and numeracy outcomes for out of school children and adolescents within three years. "Both tracks now report into NEDI, so for the first time we can monitor formal and non formal education coverage from one dashboard," he added.

The minister cited state led programmes, including EKOEXCEL, KwaraLEARN, and BayelsaPRIME, as evidence of successful data driven and technology enabled teaching models. "KwaraLEARN halved foundational learning deficiencies in less than two years, while BayelsaPRIME improved literacy by 20% points in just 19 weeks. The model is working, and we are now scaling it nationally," he said.

On funding, Alausa revealed plans to increase the Universal Basic Education Commission's share of the Consolidated Revenue Fund from 2% to 4%, effectively doubling federal funding for basic education. He also disclosed that the Federal Government was finalising a National Policy on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy to provide a sustainable legal and institutional framework across federal, state and non formal education systems.

"Through our Partnership Compact with GPE, 70% of funding is tied to measurable outcomes in learning, teacher management and data utilisation," he said.

Addressing Nigeria's out of school children crisis, the minister explained that ABEP provides a recognised pathway for children outside the formal system to transition into Junior Secondary School, with SUBEB officers supervising both systems across 15 states.

Alausa maintained that Nigeria had shifted focus from educational inputs to measurable learning outcomes, expressing confidence that current reforms would significantly reduce learning poverty nationwide.