In a significant move to enhance the accessibility and effective utilization of funds allocated for Universal Basic Education, the Commission is set to unveil a new template for State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs).

Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at an interactive workshop with SUBEBs on the new template for accessing UBE intervention funds, the Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Aisha Garba, highlighted the Commission’s commitment to streamlining processes and ensuring that resources reach their intended beneficiaries without unnecessary delays or bureaucratic hurdles.

She emphasised that the new template would promote efficiency, transparency, and accountability in accessing and utilizing universal basic education intervention funds.

The executive secretary said the new template would enhance the delivery of quality education across the country.

“In order to sustain this tempo, the Federal Government, through the Commission, recently had to realign the delivery of basic education in line with four strategic pillars to ensure increased access and quality education delivery in States and FCT,” she said.

“The pillars are: expanding access to UBE, especially for rural and underserved populations; enhancing the Quality of teaching and learning nationwide; strengthening accountability and effective use of basic education finances; and optimizing monitoring and institutional systems for quality service delivery.

“Accordingly, the Hope Education Project of the present administration is a performance for Reward project for States that apply their resources for education judiciously, especially in achieving the four pillars. Consequently, this has necessitated the need to develop new templates that will enable SUBEBs to prepare work plans for accessing the UBE Intervention Funds in line with the four pillars, as well as implementation of the New Hope Projects.”

Participants included deans, chairmen, and desk officers of SUBEBs across the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory.

In his remarks, the Deputy Executive Secretary (Services), Tunde Ajibolu, emphasised the importance of collaboration and stakeholder engagement in ensuring the successful implementation of the new template for accessing UBE intervention funds.

He noted that the template would help to streamline processes, reduce bureaucracy, and enhance transparency.

This, he said, would lead to improved outcomes in the delivery of quality education across the country.