Author: Lawrence Idoko

Minister of Education Tunji Alausa on Friday said that textbooks scoring below 70 percent will be excluded from the federal government’s official ranking, after Nigeria’s first national textbook assessment found wide quality gaps, including titles that scored as little as 25 percent. Dr. Alausa, received the assessment and ranked list produced by the National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), calling the exercise part of a broader quality-assurance push tied to President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. A statement by Ikharo Attah his Special Adviser on Media and Communication, said the ranking system aims to align instructional materials with a…