The federal government has proposed N113,764,000,000 for key education interventions in the fiscal year 2026. The Federal Government has proposed a total of N113,764,000,000 for key interventions in the education sector for the 2026 fiscal year.
An examination of the 2026 appropriation bill reveals that interventions will include school feeding, scholarships, out-of-school children programmes, and security infrastructure across unity colleges.
On December 19, 2025, Tinubu presented the budget estimate of N58.18 trillion to a joint session of the National Assembly.
A breakdown of the education budget revealed that N28 billion was set aside for the installation of security infrastructure in 118 unity colleges, including perimeter fencing and solar-powered electricity.
The government has also set aside N1.4 billion for the servicing and verification of 8,337 scholars through the Federal Government Scholarship Awards for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
The recipients are students at public tertiary institutions.
In addition, N42 billion was proposed for the school nutrition feeding programme for primary school students, while N35 billion was allocated to support the out-of-school children project, which aims to reduce the number of children who do not have access to basic education.
Further analysis revealed that N5.6 billion was provided to support 1,532 ongoing Bilateral Education Agreement scholars studying in donor countries.
The allocation includes supplemental allowance, medical and health insurance, warm clothing, postgraduate allowance, and passages.
The scholars are currently studying in Russia, China, Cuba, Romania, Turkey, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Serbia, Hungary, Ukraine, Mexico, Venezuela, and Kazakhstan.
The government also proposed N1.7 billion to conduct and implement 300 new scholarships for Nigerians to study in countries with which Nigeria has bilateral education agreements, as well as to monitor scholars’ achievement levels in those countries.
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