31 h. ago Senate Summons Education Minister, WAEC Head Over New SSCE Guidelines

The Senate, on Tuesday, summoned the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, and the Head of the National Office of West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Dr Amos Dangut, over the new guidelines set by the regional exam body for candidates writing the 2025/2026 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE). The guidelines, according to a motion moved […]

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61 h. ago Education Minister Alausa Launches ₦50M Grant For Nigerian Student Startups

Minister of Education Launches Student Venture Capital Grant with Up to ₦50 Million for Nigerian Student Startups. The post Education Minister Alausa Launches ₦50M Grant For Nigerian Student Startups appeared first on Channels Television.

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61 h. ago Education Minister Alausa Launches ₦50m Grant For Student Startups

Minister of Education Launches Student Venture Capital Grant with Up to ₦50 Million for Nigerian Student Startups. The post Education Minister Alausa Launches ₦50m Grant For Student Startups appeared first on Channels Television.

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2 d. ago Right decision, wrong reason: On scrapping of mother tongue education policy

By: Olufemi Taiwo I have been monitoring the many reactions to the announcement of a momentous change in public policy on November13, 2025, by the Honorable Federal Minister of Education of Nigeria, Dr.Tunji Alausa.  According to the minister,thefederal government has scrapped, countrywide, the policy that mandated that schools teach our children in primary schools or […]

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4 d. ago Scrapping mother tongue policy won’t kill local languages —Education minister, Alausa

Nigeria’s education minister explains why the mother tongue policy was scrapped, citing implementation complexities and its negative impact on student outc Read More: https://punchng.com/scrapping-mother-tongue-policy-wont-kill-local-languages-education-minister-alausa/

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6 d. ago Senate summons finance, education, defence ministers over $30m failed safe school initiative

The Senate has summoned the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, over the failure of the Safe School Initiative (SSI) to meet the objective of keeping the schools safe in spite of government investing over $30 million in it. Also summoned were the Minister of Education, Mr Tunji Alausa; […]

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1 week ago NAE faults FG’s cancellation of mother tongue policy, urges restoration

The Nigerian Academy of Education (NAE) has strongly criticised the Federal Government’s decision to scrap the National Language Policy, urging the Minister of Education, Maruf Alausa, to reverse the move and restore the use of mother tongue as the language of instruction at the foundational levels of schooling.

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3 w. ago FG’s abolition of indigenous languages as medium of instruction in schools

IN a profoundly shocking, patently illogical and apparently destructive move, the  Federal Government, last week, suspended the use of indigenous languages as a medium of teaching in Nigerian schools, directing teachers nationwide to prioritise English instead. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced the ban during, of all events, the Language in Education International Conference […]

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3 w. ago How To Apply For Federal Government’s ₦50m Student Startup Grant

The Federal Government has opened the application portal for the Student Venture Capital Grant, a new national initiative offering equity-free grants of up to ₦50 million to support student-led innovations. The announcement was made in a statement signed by Boriowo Folasade, director of press and public relations, Federal Ministry of Education, on Monday. LEADERSHIP reports […]

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3 w. ago Procurements up to N10bn to be handled by tertiary institutions — FG

The Federal Government has announced a comprehensive plan to reform the procurement system in the education sector and ensure that all federal tertiary institutions are connected to high-speed broadband via the Nigerian Research and Education Network (NG-REN) by 2026. The Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa, made this known at a joint meeting of ministers […]

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4 w. ago Federal Government Scraps Mother Tongue As Language Of Instruction

  The Federal Government has cancelled the national policy mandating the use of indigenous languages as the medium of instruction in schools, declaring English as the only language of instruction. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, stated this at the 2025 Language in Education International Conference, organised by the British Council in Abuja on Wednesday. […]

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