Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa'I, has affirmed that the Ministry has enough funds from the Federal Government and international donor agencies to drive the developmental projects of the sector.
The Minister made the disclosure yesterday in Abuja at the public presentation of the Ministry's 2013 annual report to commemorate the mid-term anniversary of President Goodluck Jonathan's administration.
According to her, since the present administration assumed office, the Federal Government has continued to improve the funding of the sector which she said is evident in the 2013 budget adding that the President has also continue to support in accenting to all the demands of the ministry to develop the sector.
The Minister however said, the sum of N259 billion was spent on the tertiary education in the country by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) while the basic education has enjoyed N270 billion from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC).
She noted that the ministry and its agencies have continue to invest extensively in the provision of infrastructure and related tools to address the identified challenges of the sector at all levels adding that virtually every educational institution in the country has an ongoing project targeted at improving the quality of education delivery.
She further explained that a key emphasis of the ministry and its agencies has been the engagement of a wide variety of the education stakeholder communities to provide input into policies and their implementation.
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