The Federal Government has announced the introduction of a national textbook ranking system for primary, junior, and senior secondary schools across the country as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen quality assurance and standardisation in Nigeria’s education sector.
The initiative is designed to address the growing proliferation of textbooks in schools and ensure that only high-quality, curriculum-compliant learning materials are approved for classroom use.
This was disclosed by Maruf Tunji Alausa alongside Suiwaba Sa'id Ahmad, who stated that under the new system, the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council will continue to exercise its statutory authority to approve textbooks for use in Nigerian schools.
A statement signed by Boriowo Folasade noted that beyond approval, textbooks will now be ranked through a structured national evaluation process to determine the most suitable and highest-quality options for each subject and level of education.