Today, I was invited to the OECD Headquarters in Paris, France to discuss how we can implement PISA in Nigeria. In 2027, Nigeria will experience its first-ever PISA assessment, and by 2029, we aim to participate in the global education rankings. PISA measures how well students in a country can apply what they have learned in school to solve real-world problems. It goes beyond memorisation and examines whether education is actually preparing young people to think, reason and function effectively in society. In the last ranking, some of the strongest performances came from education systems in East Asia, including China. Through initiatives like this, Nigeria can gradually build and strengthen its global reputation. Over time, we can improve how the world sees our education system, our institutions and the quality of our human capital. One thing I learned from my conversations today is that much of Africa is waiting for Nigeria to rise. Nigeria’s progress has the potential to accelerate development across the continent. Our ambition must be bigger than improving our rankings. We must build an education system capable of producing young people who can compete anywhere in the world. Within the next 10 years, Africa can become a major source of the global workforce and Nigeria must lead that transformation.

There is so much talent going to waste in so many villages and low-income areas in the South East. We need to discover them, nurture them, and make them global stars.

The wait is over. We have 2 golds: Chimdiebube Onwubiko and Don Anele Munachimso. We are the best in the world! Egejurum Onyedikachi’s name was omitted. He should have a gold.

This Saturday, we will be having another edition of the Sterling Bank Nationwide Online Maths Quiz. The platform for the quiz is exams.educare.school . Just register and wait for the countdown. It’s open and free for every Nigerian student, and the winners get ₦500k, ₦300k, and ₦200k respectively. All you need to participate is a phone, tablet, desktop, or laptop. We are making education rewarding, fun and entertaining again, because that’s the only way we can save the nation.

Next week, I will be taking 3 students and 2 teachers to Rome, Italy, all expenses paid by me. All visas have been issued and all arrangements have been sorted. The students will represent Nigeria in the Maths and Science categories of the International STEM Olympiad. They will compete alongside 154 other countries. The students who won the 2026 South East Maths Olympiad and the teachers who supported them are going. Both the teachers and the students will experience growth together. I will continue to push our bright minds to global stages. In 10 years, I pray you will be alive to see the outcome of our investments in our children today.

Today, we concluded another partnership with Sterling Bank to launch the Sterling Bank National Mathematics Quiz. A nationwide competition designed to discover, reward, and celebrate Nigeria’s brightest young minds. Starting Saturday, June 20, 2026, students from Primary 1 to SS3 across Nigeria will compete online every two weeks for the prizes. 1st Prize – ₦500,000 2nd Prize – ₦300,000 3rd Prize – ₦200,000 That’s ₦1,000,000 every two weeks and ₦24,000,000 every year dedicated solely to rewarding academic excellence among Nigerian children. But this is not just about winning money. It is about building a culture where intelligence is celebrated. It is about giving every child, whether in Lagos, Enugu, Kano, Bayelsa, Maiduguri, Aba, or a remote village, an opportunity to compete on a national stage. Competition Schedule • Every two weeks • Saturdays • 6:00 PM – 6:20 PM • Online nationwide The top performers will then advance to a live championship session streamed online next day same time, where Nigerians can watch some of the country’s brightest students solve challenging mathematical problems in real time. To ensure fairness and give more students the opportunity to benefit, every student can only win once. And here’s what makes it even better: Every participant will be able to review their questions after the competition, identify their weaknesses, learn from their mistakes, and prepare for the next challenge. This means that even students who don’t win become better mathematicians. Parents, teachers, school owners, and students should begin preparing immediately. The questions will be tough and the competition will be fierce. Registration is now open: exams.educare.school/login/i… Please share this with every child, parent, teacher, school owner, principal, and education stakeholder you know. Let’s make academic excellence prestigious again.

We just shipped something on Educare that could change education forever. Our software now predicts a child’s learning outcomes with high precision including WAEC, JAMB, and IGCSE results while they’re still in SS2 or early SS3. How? We trained it on billions of data points from the school ecosystem we’ve gathered for the past 12 years: Termly performance. Attendance. Punctuality. Behavior. Homework completion. Lesson participation. Health. Class sitting plan. Everything. Now students can see their progress and their blind spots in real time. And schools can intervene before it’s too late. Data, used right, is the most powerful teacher we’ve ever had.

Today we tried the Maths Thug of War at Educare HQ. Education can be fun, engaging and exciting 😁

We are raising true champions 🏆