President Goodluck Jonathan has led the fight to ensure that all Nigerians have access to a first class education, regardless of their background.
Amongst other measures, President Jonathan has:
- Launched the Safe Schools Initiative to ensure that young people are not only safe in going to school, but that schools are an environment ripe for learning, growth and development free of fear.
- Established 14 new universities to improve access to higher education in the North and ensure that students in all states have access to a Federal University.
- Constructed special girls schools in 13 states of the Federation in order to improve the Girls’ Education Programme, including girls boarding schools in Adamawa, Yobe, Zamfara, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Delta and Akwa Ibom.
- Introduced a Formal Early Childhood Education programme.
- Refurbished and equipped 51 Federal and State Polytechnics with modern laboratories to encourage participation in technical and vocational education and training.
- Refurbished 352 science and technical laboratories in the 104 Federal Unity Colleges, in addition to providing 62 ICT centres and 40 sets of mathematical kits.
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