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The persistent decline in the perceived standard of education in Nigeria has prompted calls for strategies that yield durable, rather than episodic, improvements in learning. This study examined the extent to which three sustainable strategies, namely teacher professional development (TPD), information and communication technology (ICT) integration, and community–parental partnership (CPP), are implemented in public secondary schools in Enugu Urban, and the degree to which they predict the standard of education. Anchored on human capital theory and the education production function, the study adopted a correlational survey design. A multi-stage cluster sample of 300 teachers was drawn from 12 public secondary schools across Enugu East, Enugu North, and Enugu South Local Government Areas; 276 usable questionnaires (92.0%) were analysed. The sample exceeded the minimum of 119 derived from an a priori power analysis. The four scales showed acceptable to good internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = .78–.87; McDonald’s ω = .78–.87). TPD (M = 2.86) and CPP (M = 2.67) were implemented to a high extent, whereas ICT integration was low (M = 2.39), and the standard of education was rated as moderate (M = 2.64). Multiple regression showed that the three strategies jointly explained 37.3% of the variance in the standard of education, F(3, 272) = 53.96, p < .001, f² = 0.60. TPD was the strongest predictor (β = .41, p < .001, f² = 0.21), followed by ICT integration (β = .19, p < .001, f² = 0.05) and CPP (β = .18, p = .001, f² = 0.04). All three null hypotheses were rejected. The study recommends institutionalised school-based professional learning, solar-backed ICT infrastructure, and formalised community partnership frameworks as mutually reinforcing levers for sustained improvement.