The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has urged polytechnics to drive innovation, good governance and sustainability, to accelerate Nigeria’s national development. Alausa said this in Abuja on Wednesday, at a retreat for governing council chairmen, commissioners of education, rectors, registrars and bursars. The retreat was organised by the Council for Heads of Polytechnics and […]
Nigeria has taken a significant step towards sustainable campus mobility with the rollout of 240 solar-powered electric tricycles across 12 public universities. The initiative, funded by TETFund, equips each institution with 20 tricycles and a solar charging station aimed at reducing transport costs and encouraging clean-energy mobility among students. Speaking during the unveiling ceremony at […]
The federal government has cancelled the national policy mandating the use of indigenous languages as the medium of instruction in schools. Tunji Alausa, the minister of education, announced this at the 2025 Language in Education International Conference organised by the British Council in Abuja on Wednesday. The policy, approved in 2022, stipulated that from “early […]
Tunji Alausa, minister of education, says the federal government has fulfilled all outstanding demands made by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), describing the union’s planned two-week warning strike as needless. The minister made the remarks during an interview with Channels Television’s Okinbaloye on Sunday. Alausa insisted that ASUU had no justification for embarking […]
The federal government has dismissed reports claiming it has set a new minimum age of 12 years for admission into Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1), describing the information as false and misleading. In a statement issued on July 25, Boriowo Folasade, Director of Press and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Education, said the […]