Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Alausa, has tasked coordinators and officials implementing the Nigeria Education Sector Renewal Initiative (NESRI) with taking full ownership of their assignments and delivering measurable results.
Alausa gave the charge at the NESRI Ministerial Deliverables Meeting in Abuja, where officials reviewed progress six months after the February retreat.
The meeting focused on verifying completed deliverables, reviewing outstanding tasks and bottlenecks, setting timelines for pending assignments, and identifying new priorities.
The Minister said the review was not intended to celebrate achievements but to honestly assess progress and determine what remained to be done.
“Today is not about celebrating what we have done and going home. It is about looking at what we have done, what remains to be done and how we can finish what we have started,” he said.
Alausa cautioned officials against complacency, stressing that achievements should provide momentum for the next stage of the reform process.
He said NESRI covers critical areas including Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), out-of-school children, girl-child education, quality assurance, data and digitalisation.
The Minister also stressed that the Ministry’s performance would be measured by tangible improvements in schools and the education system, rather than the number of programmes launched or meetings held.
He urged programme coordinators, directors and other officials to strengthen collaboration, maintain clear ownership of their deliverables and remain accountable for agreed targets.
Alausa said the Federal Government would continue to sustain ongoing reforms and respond to emerging challenges, with the ultimate goal of ensuring that every Nigerian child has access to quality education, relevant skills and opportunities to fulfil their potential.
