The UK-funded Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLANE) has reached greater than two million youngsters and supported the coaching of over 25,000 lecturers and facilitators throughout northern Nigeria since its launch in 2019.
The programme’s achievements have been highlighted on Wednesday in Kaduna at its close-out occasion, the place training stakeholders referred to as on state governments to maintain the positive aspects and guarantee extra youngsters have entry to high quality training after the programme ends.
Implemented by DAI, UNICEF, Save the Children and consortium companions, PLANE supported training reforms, foundational literacy and numeracy, little one safety and studying alternatives for weak youngsters, together with these affected by emergencies.
Speaking on the occasion, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Pete Vowles,
described PLANE as a partnership constructed on a shared dedication to making sure that extra youngsters go to high school, keep at school and, most significantly, study.
Vowels mentioned over the course of the programme, PLANE immediately reached greater than 2 million ladies and boys and supported the coaching of over 25,000 lecturers and facilitators, whereas serving to strengthen insurance policies, methods and establishments throughout companion states and on the federal degree.
The British High Commissioner mentioned the programme had demonstrated the worth of collaboration amongst governments, lecturers, communities and growth companions.
“While we are celebrating the achievements of the programme today, the most important question is what happens next,” he mentioned.
Vowles mentioned the UK was inspired that profitable approaches launched underneath PLANE have been being adopted and expanded by Nigerian establishments to maintain enhancements in studying past the programme’s lifespan.
“PLANE is closing. The UK’s education partnership with Nigeria is not,” Vowels added.
Head of Development Cooperation on the British High Commission in Nigeria,
Cynthia Rowe, mentioned: “Education is likely one of the most necessary investments any nation could make in its future.
“The achievements of PLANE present what is feasible when proof, innovation and partnership come collectively round a shared purpose. As the programme closes, we sit up for constructing on these successes by means of continued collaboration with authorities, faculties, universities and communities throughout Nigeria.
“From foundational learning in primary schools to higher education and advanced skills development, the UK remains committed to supporting opportunities for Nigeria’s next generation.” Rowe mentioned.
In his keynote deal with, Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, mentioned state governments should take accountability for sustaining the programme’s achievements.
“PLANE has done its part. It is now up to us, the state governments, to keep the progress going and to make sure that every child in our respective states has the opportunity to go to school and learn,” he mentioned.
The governor, who was represented by the deputy governor, mentioned Kaduna had elevated fundamental college enrolment from 2.17 million in 2022 to greater than 2.57 million in 2025.
The Acting Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Dr Folake Olatunji-David, mentioned partnerships, dependable knowledge and innovation have been essential to bettering entry to training and studying outcomes.
She mentioned training stakeholders should transcend growing college enrolment to give attention to attendance, retention, completion and foundational literacy and numeracy, significantly amongst ladies, youngsters with disabilities, displaced learners and different weak teams.
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Abubakar Sani Sambo, mentioned the programme had contributed to efforts to enhance entry to training and strengthen educating and studying.
He mentioned greater than 25,000 out-of-school youngsters had returned to studying throughout the state’s 23 native authorities areas, whereas calling for continued dedication to preserving youngsters at school.
“The seeds sown under PLANE are already bearing fruit,” Sambo mentioned, urging stakeholders to construct on the progress recorded.
Education commissioners from collaborating states, together with Kano, Jigawa, Borno and Yobe, additionally counseled the programme and burdened the necessity for governments to maintain its achievements.
The Borno State Commissioner for Education, Engr. Abba Lawan Wakilbe, mentioned the programme’s legacy would depend upon what governments and different stakeholders achieved after its closure.
“The legacy of PLANE will not be measured by what it has done, but by what we achieve from it afterwards,” he mentioned.
The programme operated by means of interventions targeted on foundational expertise, training in emergencies and community-centred initiatives, working with authorities establishments and communities to enhance studying alternatives for kids.
These partnerships kind a part of the UK’s broader transnational training agenda, which connects Nigerian and UK establishments to strengthen studying, analysis and expertise
growth.
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