State Profiles · Nigeria
Education financing, census intelligence and policy environment — all in one place. Updated to Q1 2026 and 2024/2025 Academic Year.
FY 2026 · Q1 Budget Release Performance
₦131.72bn
Education Budget
FY 2026 MoE + Higher Ed
₦19.20bn
Q1 Education Spend
14.6% of annual budget
20.6%
MoE Q1 Performance
₦15.93bn of ₦77.19bn
6.0%
MHE Q1 Performance
₦3.27bn of ₦54.53bn
2024/2025 Annual School Census · Public schools
~1.97M
Total Learners
All provision
1,144,255
Public Primary Pupils
3,454 schools
95:1
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Target: 35:1
122:1
Pupil-Classroom Ratio
Target: 40:1
61%
No Safe Water
Public primary
37%
Female Teachers
Primary; 26% at JSS
Five-year policy framework addressing girls' access, retention, re-entry and equity. Eight commitments with associated financing requirements.
View Policy PageOperational guidelines for school re-entry after pregnancy, marriage or other disruption. Financing not yet allocated.
View Policy PageLaunch a Basic Education Decongestion Plan: classroom rehabilitation, furniture supply and targeted construction in the highest-pressure LGAs. PCR of 122:1 means 3,972 unusable classrooms cannot wait.
Responsible: Ministry of Education / Budget Office
Adopt Teacher Deployment and Recruitment Compact: tie new postings to school-level PTR. Five LGAs — Zaki (296:1), Toro (216:1), Itas-Gadau (164:1), Gamawa (146:1), Warji (140:1) — need immediate action.
Responsible: TESCOM / Ministry of Education
Treat WASH as a girls' education investment: prioritise toilets, water and menstrual hygiene in LGAs with the worst ratios (Toro: 805:1, Itas-Gadau: 622:1). 61% of public primary schools have no safe water source.
Responsible: Ministry of Education / RUWASA
Build a Primary-to-Secondary Transition Programme: 213,597 at JSS against 1.14M at primary signals a massive drop. Track by school and gender from Primary 5 through JSS 2.
Responsible: SUBEB / LGEAs
Bring IQTE/IQS into main planning: 114,697 learners in 549 centres — more than public SSS enrolment — yet several LGAs report no centres at all. Map, validate data, train facilitators.
Responsible: BASAME / BASANE
Link Q2 budget releases to the ASC priority map: high-pressure LGAs must receive proportionate capital and operational releases with public tracking.
Responsible: Ministry of Finance / Ministry of Education