President Bola Tinubu on Thursday advanced his administration’s proposed overhaul of Nigeria’s secondary education system by transmitting an executive bill to the Senate seeking to strengthen the governance and administration of public senior secondary schools.
The proposed National Secondary Education Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was contained in a letter addressed to Senate President Godswill Akpabio and read during plenary.
The move comes barely days after the Federal Government announced plans to reform the country’s education structure, including proposals to eliminate the separation between Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary School (SSS), a policy that has generated widespread public debate.
In his letter to the Senate, Tinubu explained that the amendment bill is aimed at reinforcing the institutional framework for managing senior secondary education across the country.
He noted that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the proposed legislation at its meeting of April 30, 2026, while the Federal Ministry of Justice subsequently vetted and finalised the draft in line with constitutional provisions and legislative drafting standards before its transmission to the National Assembly.
