For education to achieve it goals efficiently in Nigeria, Federal Government and states must increase budget allocation to education sector. UNESCO has recommended 26% of the total public expenditure to be allotted to federal and state budgets for renovation, materials, teachers training and sponsorship.

Despite both Federal and states budget continue to rise but allocation on education continue to shrink looking at the expenses of projects estimated for expenditure.
The Federal Government of Nigeria earmarked N1.18 trillion in 2022 budget, represented 7.2 percent of the budget and N1.54 trillion, represented 6.39 percent of the total 2024 budget was allocated to the Federal Ministry of Education (FME) and its agencies in 2024.
Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), was allotted N149.7 billion, which include N95.3 billion for personnel and N54.5 billion for capital projects. While, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) got N248.3 billion from the 2024 budget.
In states, Lagos in 2022 rised its budget to 10% and 13th percent in 2023 for education, Sokoto prioritized education with 42,868,402,566:5 from the N270bn 2024 Budget, Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano state signed a budget of 437bn and allotted N95 billion of 29 percent of the total size of the budget, Plateau state Governor Caleb Mutfwang earmarked N47. 7bn of 12.4 % on education from the N314bn 2023 budget, while Uba Sani of Kaduna state topped education with N65bn from the N291.9bn budget of 2024.
Despite allocations of fund for education only few states train their teachers for efficient manpower output. Education improvement does not means construction of classes, providing teaching material and food for the pupils because the teachers need training on capacity building to impact desirable knowledge on the learners.
In 2018 the Kaduna state government sacked over 20,000 unqualified teachers and employed more in different years. But the state gave training to the state teachers in 2018. Sokoto state government announced recruitment of 11, 000 from 2016 to 2022 and trained only 3, 474 primary school teachers in 2018.
Teachers mostly of primary schools get minimal attention for training while there is no space for sponsorship at all state levels.
State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) can do more in sponsoring teachers’ education, and this should be budgeted for the improvement of education in Nigeria.