The Senate has begun moves to strengthen funding, infrastructure and oversight in public senior secondary schools nationwide, with a proposed amendment seeking to establish education boards at state and Federal Capital Territory levels and extend interventions to federal unity colleges and Armed Forces senior secondary schools.
The National Senior Secondary Education Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2026, sponsored by the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, was passed for second reading during plenary on Tuesday, despite concerns raised by Senator Adams Oshiomhole over the availability of copies of the proposed legislation for lawmakers to scrutinise.
The bill seeks to strengthen the legal framework governing senior secondary education and improve the coordination, funding and delivery of intervention programmes across the country.
Leading the debate on the proposal, Bamidele, who represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District, said persistent deficiencies in school infrastructure, instructional materials and laboratory facilities, as well as disparities in educational standards among states, made
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