{"id":39807,"date":"2026-07-16T20:27:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39807"},"modified":"2026-07-16T20:27:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:27:35","slug":"nigeria-launches-552-million-education-drive-backed-by-world-bank","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/nigeria-launches-552-million-education-drive-backed-by-world-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria launches $552 million education drive backed by World Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria has launched a $552 million basic education programme co-financed by the World Bank and the Global Partnership \u200cfor Education, President Bola Tinubu said this Thursday, to improve learning outcomes, widen access to schooling and strengthen the education system.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The HOPE-EDU programme will directly benefit about 29 million children, \u2060more than 500 000 teachers, 65 000 public schools and 10 000 non-formal learning centres nationwide, Tinubu said at the launch in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The programme is one of five initiatives in place to speed up poverty reduction, human capital development, community growth, and strengthen healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These programmes are not separate efforts; they are \u200cone \u2060coordinated national strategy for poverty reduction, human capital development and community resilience,&#8221; Tinubu said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu, who is seeking re-election in January, has pursued Nigeria&#8217;s biggest economic reforms \u2060in decades since taking office in 2023, scrapping costly fuel and electricity subsidies, devaluing the naira and overhauling \u2060the tax system to bolster public finances.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said the initiatives would translate recent economic reforms \u2060into tangible gains in livelihoods, education, healthcare and social protection.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29264,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,44],"class_list":["post-39807","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Nigeria has launched a $552 million basic education programme","published_date":"2026-07-16 20:26:47","news_description":"Nigeria has launched a $552 million basic education programme","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39808,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39807\/revisions\/39808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=39807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}