The Federal Capital Territory Administration has approved a five-week extension of the 2024/2025 third-term academic calendar for public primary schools in Abuja, following the prolonged strike action by the Nigeria Union of Teachers.
Recall that the NUT had embarked on an indefinite strike on March 24, 2025, which lasted for over three months before it was called off on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. The strike had severely disrupted academic activities in public primary schools, necessitating government intervention.
In a circular issued by the Acting Executive Chairman of the FCT Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Alhassan Sule, dated July 23, 2025, the directive, addressed to Education Secretaries across the six area councils—Abaji, AMAC, Bwari, Kuje, Kwali, and Gwagwalada—outlined steps to make up for lost academic time.
In addition to the calendar extension, UBEB also directed an extension of one period a day for primary 4 to 6 pupils only, to enhance learning and catch up on lost curriculum time. “You may wish to recall that the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) embarked on an indefinite strike on Monday, 24th March, 2025, and it was called off on Wednesday, 9th July, 2025, after the intervention
of the Honourable Minister, FCT.
