The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has unveiled a digital platform that will allow parents and communities to track basic education projects and funds accessed by states.
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The platform, known as the Basic Education Action Plan Management System, was unveiled in Abuja as UBEC prepares to commence its 10-year Universal Basic Education Roadmap covering 2026 to 2035.
UBEC Executive Secretary, Dr Aisha Garba, disclosed this on Monday during a two-day consultative workshop with chairmen of the 36 State Universal Basic Education Boards and directors of the commission.
Garba said the new platform was developed to improve transparency, planning and monitoring of interventions under the new roadmap. She explained that it would provide information on funds accessed by states and projects being implemented, enabling communities to monitor projects in their schools and demand accountability.
She said the digital system had been in development for more than a month, with UBEB chairmen already onboarded ahead of its full deployment in October.
The initiative forms part of UBEC’s shift towards a “whole school approach” to basic education interventions. Under the approach, states will be expected to identify the comprehensive needs of individual schools before their action plans are approved.
Garba explained that the approach would move interventions beyond isolated projects, such as constructing classrooms or supplying furniture without addressing other needs within the same school.
She said schools requiring facilities such as fencing, toilets, furniture or computers would have those needs incorporated into their intervention plans. Additional classrooms would also be matched with adequate toilet facilities based on projected enrolment.
The UBEC executive secretary also announced a revision of the matching-grant formula to give states greater flexibility in using intervention funds according to their specific needs. She said while the previous approach focused largely on new infrastructure, some states now required funding for the renovation and improvement of existing schools.
The new 10-year roadmap is expected to formally commence in the first week of October and guide basic education interventions across the country through 2035.
The Dean of SUBEB Chairmen, Prof. Shehu Adaramaja, said the consultative meeting was aimed at developing a common direction for basic education delivery over the next decade, with emphasis on improving access, quality and education management systems.
UBEC Director of Physical Planning, Nura Ibrahim, said the workshop would also provide an opportunity for stakeholders to review and validate the proposed roadmap based on their technical experience in implementing basic education programmes across the states.
The new digital system is expected to provide an additional layer of public oversight as UBEC and the states implement the 2026–2035 roadmap, with communities able to monitor education projects and funding interventions in their schools.
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