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In what is being hailed as the most ambitious digital education push since the return of democracy, the Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday officially rolled out the Inspire Live(s) Online Real-Time Classes Initiative, a free, nationwide virtual classroom platform that beams live lessons from the country’s best teachers directly to millions of students, no matter where they live.
The program, launched quietly but with nationwide effect on November 25, 2025, allows any student with a smartphone, tablet, or even basic feature phone and internet bundle to join scheduled classes in core subjects (Mathematics, English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Government, Literature, and more) delivered by carefully selected master teachers from across the federation.
Speaking at the virtual flag-off, the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, described the initiative as “the final blow against educational inequality.” He explained that the platform will run parallel to physical schooling, offering morning, afternoon, and evening sessions so that students in remote villages, IDP camps, or urban slums can follow the same curriculum and pace as their counterparts in elite private schools.
Key features already generating excitement include:
– Live interactive classes with chat and voice questions
– Recorded sessions for later viewing
– Weekly quizzes and automated performance tracking
– Digital certificates for top performers
– Zero data cost for students on MTN, Airtel, and Glo lines (through partnerships already sealed)
Early reports from pilot states show secondary school students in places like Guma (Benue), Chibok (Borno), and Yenagoa (Bayelsa) logging in simultaneously with peers in Lagos and Abuja, asking questions in real-time and competing on the same leaderboards.
Education activists who have long complained about the collapse of public schools are cautiously optimistic. “If the servers hold and the zero-rating truly works, this could be the single biggest leap in access to quality education since free primary education in the 1950s,” one analyst told this blog.
With JAMB and WAEC preparation classes already scheduled and plans to add vocational modules in 2026, Inspire Live(s) is clearly designed to stay. For the first time, a child selling oranges by the roadside in Makurdi can take a live Chemistry class from a professor in Lagos at the exact same moment a governor’s child is doing so from a mansion in Maitama.
The classroom walls just came crashing down. Welcome to the new Nigeria, where the teacher on the screen doesn’t care which village you come from, only that you are ready to learn.
