The UBE Act of 26 May 2004 makes nine years of basic education compulsory and free for every Nigerian child. UBEC disburses a matching-grant fund equal to 2% of the Consolidated Revenue Fund to State Universal Basic Education Boards, conditional on State counterpart funding. As at 2024 over ₦80bn of UBE grants remained unaccessed by states unable to provide their counterpart contribution. UNESCO estimates 20 million Nigerian children of school age are out of school — the highest absolute figure of any country.
EducationActive· UBEC
Universal Basic Education (UBE) Programme
Basis: UBE Act 2004. Compulsory free education primary 1 through JSS 3.
Statutory basis
Compulsory, Free Universal Basic Education Act 2004
Other Education policies
Methodology
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged
Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.