The Minister of Education, Olatunji Alausa, has unveiled plans by the federal government to tackle the menace of out-of-school children in Nigeria. While addressing senior reporters over the weekend in Abuja, the minister announced wide-ranging reforms to reposition the education sector with new funding, incentives, and programmes to tackle the most pressing challenges. He outlined
The Minister of Education, Olatunji Alausa, has announced that Nigeria is embarking on major digital education reforms designed to modernise the learning system and equip students with skills needed to thrive in a globally competitive environment. During a media briefing in Abuja, Alausa said, “Education is changing across the world, and Nigeria must not be
The Federal Government has announced a new reform aimed at integrating sports into the country’s education system. Education Minister Dr Maruf Olatunji Alausa unveiled the initiative in Abuja at the inauguration of a 20-member National Sports–Education Review Committee. He said the programme would focus on nurturing talent from the grassroots to elite levels, citing Brazil
The federal government has launched a new support fund for staff of universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. The Tertiary Institutions Staff Support Fund (TISSF) will provide up to ₦10m in interest-free loans to successful applicants, repayable over five years with a one-year grace period. Education Minister Tunji Alausa said the scheme is designed to
Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Osita Chidoka, has criticised Nigeria’s low investment in education, warning that the country lags far behind comparable nations in per-student spending. Speaking at the college of the Immaculate Conception Alumni Association annual lecture in Enugu, Chidoka said Nigeria spends less than $50 per student each year. By contrast, he noted,
Ondo State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun, has hailed the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD) as the most important reform in the sector since the country’s return to democracy in 1999. Speaking in Akure, the former Vice-Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University praised President Bola Tinubu and Education Minister Dr Tunji Alausa for implementing
Prof. Oladapo Afolabi, the Former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, has urged the federal government to reposition postgraduate education in the country. Delivering a paper on ‘Postgraduate Education: Agenda for National Development’ at the 2025 Annual Lecture of the School of Postgraduate Studies, Afolabi said this step will foster national development.
Dr. Tunji Alausa, the Minister of Education, has announced the federal government’s approval of the establishment of nine private universities in Nigeria. Alausa mentioned that out of the 551 pending requests President Tinubu’s administration received, nine have been cleared based on strict approval guidelines. The approved universities are Unique Open University, Lagos State; American Open
Maruf Olatunji Alausa, the Minister of Education, has inaugurated the Government–Private Sector Working Group to boost private sector collaboration in revitalising Nigeria’s education system. Speaking at the inauguration, Alausa described the Nigeria Education Sector Renewal Initiatives (NESRI) as proof of the Federal Government’s commitment to transforming the nation’s educational sector. He emphasised that private sector
The Federal Government is pushing states to accelerate the adoption of the National Policy on Skills Development, a framework aimed at transforming the integration of practical, industry-relevant training into formal and non-formal education systems. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, emphasised the urgency of implementing
