Federal Government has launched the nationwide Learner Identification Number (LIN), a digital system assigning every student a permanent academic identity to support learning continuity, improve planning, and enable timely interventions. Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, described the initiative as a transformational milestone aligned with the Renewed Hope Agenda of...
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Federal Government of Nigeria has intensified efforts to mobilise private sector and global investment to accelerate education reform as a driver of productivity, innovation and inclusive growth. Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, reaffirmed this under the Renewed Hope Agenda of Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the CEO Breakfast Roundtable in...
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, on Wednesday, presented 82 academic textbooks authored by Nigerian scholars to strengthen teaching and learning in tertiary institutions. Alausa said during the public presentation that the books were developed under the Higher Education Book Development Intervention Project of the Tertiary Education Trust...
In alignment with the commitment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to reposition education as a driver of national development, the Federal Government has unlocked $552 million under the HOPE-EDU programme to accelerate basic education reform nationwide. Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, in a statement by the Director, Press and...
First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has hailed Nigerian teachers as the “quiet architects of great nations” while charging them to embrace innovation amid government pledges to revamp education under the Renewed Hope Agenda. Delivering the keynote address at the National Teachers’ Summit 2026, themed “Empowering Teachers; Strengthening...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday, attended the National Teachers’ Summit held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he stood in for the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). Governor Zulum commended the Federal Government for its strategic investments in education, citing...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has disbursed its Annual Direct Disbursement funds for the 2026 intervention cycle to 271 beneficiary institutions across the country. Under the disbursement, each beneficiary university received ₦2,525,932,228.02; each beneficiary polytechnic received ₦1,871,059,920.53; while each College of Education received...
Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa has reaffirmed commitment to strengthening Early Childhood Care and Development Education (ECCDE) as the foundation of quality basic education and national development. Alausa stated this in his welcome address at the Annual Integrated ECCDE Consultative Committee Meeting, held in Abuja with stakeholders from...
Nigerian government has taken a firm stand against examination malpractice by prohibiting the admission and transfer of students into Senior Secondary School Three (SS3) across all public and private schools nationwide. This is contained n a statement released on Sunday in Abuja, by the Director of Press and Public...
Nigeria’s examination bodies occupy a central, non-negotiable and integral place in the country’s educational landscape. Bodies such as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, the National Examinations Council, NECO, and the National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB, are not mere offices...
Nigerian Academy of Education, (NAE), has strongly criticised the Federal Government’s decision to scrap the National Language Policy, urging Minister of Education, Maruf Alausa, to reverse his decision and restore mother tongue as the language of instruction at foundational levels of schooling. NAE, in a position paper submitted to...
Nigerian Government has officially scrapped the National Language Policy that made indigenous languages the primary medium of instruction in Nigerian schools. Henceforth, English will serve as the only language of instruction across all levels of education. The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made this announcement on Wednesday during...
Early reports from the newly established national education record digitisation programme under the auspices of the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD) have shown that Nigerian students successfully uploaded and curated over 10,000 project entries in the first 3 weeks since the programme began. The figure climbed to over...
Federal Government has released ₦2.3 billion to unions across federal universities to offset long-standing arrears, reaffirming its commitment to revitalising Nigeria’s tertiary education sector. Minister of State for Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced the development on Wednesday while providing an update on ongoing talks between the government and various...
The Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka has been in administrative turmoil for over 15 months, beginning with the controversial tenure extension dispute involving suspended Provost, Dr. Wahab Azeez in 2024. The situation escalated to violent protests in July 2024, forcing the governing council to ask Azeez to “step...
Federal Government vowed that it must ensure that disability inclusion is not an afterthought but a core principle across all sectors. The Minister of state for Education, Prof Suwaiba Said Ahmed stated this on Monday in Abuja at the occasion to commemorate the 2025 International Day of the girl...
Former presidential adviser and APC stalwart, Senator Ita Enang, has urged the Federal Government to initiate contempt proceedings against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over its continued demand for payment of withheld salaries, despite a standing court order. Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday, Enang argued that ASUU’s...
Nigeria’s university system finds itself at a familiar and distressing crossroads once again. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has initiated a two-week warning strike, not out of convenience or defiance, but as a crucial reminder of the government’s unfulfilled commitments. Central to this deadlock is the Federal...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Federal Government of Nigeria has called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to reconsider its decision to embark on an industrial strike, emphasising that constructive dialogue remains the most effective and sustainable path toward resolving all outstanding issues in the tertiary education...
● Promises sensitisation in Kaduna State to ensure compliance As the October 6 deadline for the enforcement of the regulations for the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD) programme approaches, renowned scholar and former Vice Chancellor of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, Prof Abubakar Sani Sambo, has...