Oluwatobi Adu 
Executive Secretary, UBEC, Dr Aisha Garba
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigerian communities will soon be able to track basic education projects and funds accessed by their states under a new Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) digital system designed to strengthen transparency and public accountability.
UBEC Executive Secretary, Dr Aisha Garba, announced the reform on Monday in Abuja as the commission prepares to launch its 2026–2035 roadmap for basic education.
She said the new Basic Education Action Plan Management System (BEAPMS) would allow information on state funding and projects to be published on the UBEC website, giving communities a greater role in monitoring interventions in schools. “This will also allow us to bring in the community to be part of the monitoring of the projects that we do on the ground,” Garba said.
The announcement was made during a two-day consultative workshop involving chairmen of the 36 State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs) and UBEC directors ahead of the roadmap’s planned commencement in the first week of October.
Garba said the reforms would replace isolated interventions with a whole-school approach that requires states to identify the comprehensive needs of individual schools before projects are approved.
The needs assessment could cover classrooms, toilets, fencing, furniture, computers and other facilities. “You don’t just put in furniture, or you drop two blocks of classrooms and you leave because you want to give out awards. No, you have to take in all the comprehensive needs of that particular school,” she said
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