By Favour Nnabugwu

Undeterred by the odds militating against its drive to achieve education for all by 2015, Nigeria has assured the international community of enhanced policies on education.

The Minister of Edu-cation, Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i said at the 2013 World Education Forum in London, United Kingdom recently that Nigeria has recorded increase in carrying capacity in tertiary institutions across board.

Rufa’i also called on foreign investors to show more interest in the development of education in Nigeria.

Prof. Rufa’i told participants at the annual event that education in the past two years had achieved unprecedented increment as a result of the impact of new policies that were geared towards the realisation of President Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda.

The Minister cited the raise in primary school enrollment by 3.7 million between 2010 and 2012 and Junior Secondary School enrollment by 1.1 million between 2010 and 2012 as some of the yardstick for measuring the impact of the reforms and the development in the sector.

Prof. Rufa’i said construction and rehabilitation of infrastructure and learning resources across all sectors of education and improved quality of education delivery through training of teachers also received a boost.

The Minister said to address the problem of access; policies are targeted at ensuring that all sections of the population are reached while taking into account cultural and regional considerations.

Prof. Rufa’i said in trying to reach out to more learners, government decided to enhance open and distance learning through the National Open University of Nigeria and other public universities.