N/Central SUBEB moves to cut out-of-school numbers

The North Central’s State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEB) constructed 1,159 classrooms and renovated 2,034 others in 2025 to ease overcrowding in schools. The chairman of Benue SUBEB, Grace Adagba, who is also the Dean of North Central SUBEB Executive Chairmen, disclosed this on Wednesday while presenting the zone’s scorecard at a quarterly meeting of […]

The North Central’s State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEB) constructed 1,159 classrooms and renovated 2,034 others in 2025 to ease overcrowding in schools.

The chairman of Benue SUBEB, Grace Adagba, who is also the Dean of North Central SUBEB Executive Chairmen, disclosed this on Wednesday while presenting the zone’s scorecard at a quarterly meeting of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in Abuja.

She said the push also saw 7,963 schools fenced, thousands of toilets and boreholes built to improve sanitation, and 116,787 pieces of furniture supplied to learners.

Adagba noted that beyond infrastructure, the region is stepping up the fight against the out-of-school crisis through teacher recruitment, deployment of community tutors, and expansion of early childhood education.

According to her, the new initiatives such as the Learners Support Programme and the BRACE-UP project are targeting children currently outside the classroom, while a digital school census is helping authorities track progress.

Calling for sustained momentum, she urged education stakeholders to strengthen data systems and intensify efforts to get more children back to school.