The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman says President Bola Tinubu is commited to increase the education budget by 25% with the appropriate policies in place.
Prof Mamman made this claim when he declared open the 2021 and 2022 Nigeria Annual Education Conference (NAEC) in Abuja On Monday.
“Implementation of Education 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Nigeria” is the conference’s theme.
The minister also stated his intention to bridge the gap between education policy declarations and their implementation outcomes.
He remarked that the government had many strong policies on what needed to be done in the nation’s best interests, but those policies did not provide value to the sector.
”President Tinubu has directed the return of the 10.5million out-of-school children to school at the expiration of his tenure.
”We still have a long way to go. We are not matching the children in the country with the desired education and this is because our policies are not producing the values we need.
“What we need is the action on ground and not the policy declaration. This is where I can tell you we intend to come in.
“We want to bridge the gaps between policy statements and actualisation of outcomes.
“This is to give them future training that will enable them to live their lives and make them employers of labour. Everybody deserves to live a life of dignity for their family’s well-being,” he said.
He said that the responsibility of government was to provide opportunities for Nigerians to be empowered, adding that now is the time to make the policies reality.
He also said that the basic and secondary schools must be equipped by developing appropriate skills template for creativity and research.
