Dr Tunji Alausa Archives

FG approves N4bn take-off grants for Tinubu Poly, Epe varsity

Peter AnayoMarch 14, 2026

by Peter AnayoMarch 14, 20260299

As part of efforts to support their early operations, the Federal Government has approved N2bn each as take-off grants for the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Federal Polytechnic in Abuja and the Federal University of Science and Technology, Epe in Epe, Lagos State. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this......

Education

Get ready for a class suit, HURIWA warns FG, over cancellation of mother tongue policy in early education

Peter AnayoNovember 17, 2025

by Peter AnayoNovember 17, 20250422

IGNATIUS OKOROCHA, Abuja Threatening to initiate a legal suit to challenge what it calls government’s sponsored cultural, SCIENTIFIC and educational suicide by the sudden, thoughtless and reckless abolition of teaching of Nigerian school children in their respective mother tongue, the prominent pro-democracy and civil rights advocacy group HUMAN RIGHTS......

Education

Varsity admission: Mathematics no longer compulsory for Arts students –FG

Peter AnayoOctober 15, 2025

by Peter AnayoOctober 15, 20250349

Nigerian senior secondary school students in arts and humanities will no longer be required to present a credit in mathematics in their Senior School Certificate Examination, organised by the West African Examination Council and National Examination Council, as a condition for admission to universities and polytechnics, the Federal Ministry of......

Serious setback for education sector as ASUU strike cripples activities in varsities

Peter AnayoOctober 13, 2025October 14, 2025

by Peter AnayoOctober 13, 2025October 14, 20250629

.Protesting lecturers storm lecture halls, disrupt exams at UNIBEN .As FG enforces no- work, no-pay policy, exempts CONUA, NAMDA from sanction .NLC slams FG, backs union The Federal Government has ordered Vice-Chancellors of federal universities across the country to strictly enforce the “no work, no pay” policy against members......

Education

Tinubu orders installation of solar mini grids in universities for energy solutions

Peter AnayoAugust 20, 2025

by Peter AnayoAugust 20, 20250548

IBRAHIM QUADRI As part of measures to have energy solutions, the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu has directed the installation of solar mini grids in the universities across the nation. The minister made the disclosure during the unveiling of a Multi-Purpose Auditorium......

Education

FG finally pegs tertiary admission age at 16

Peter AnayoJuly 8, 2025July 9, 2025

by Peter AnayoJuly 8, 2025July 9, 202501131

.As JAMB sets 150 as cut off mark for admission .We welcome the new policy —Lagos NUT IBRAHIM QUADRI, JOSEPH OKWUOFU and COSMAS CHUKWU, Enugu The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has said that the Federal Government has pegged the minimum age for admission into tertiary institutions at......

Education

Federal Govt to establish State-of-the-Art Medical Simulation Centers across Nigeria

Peter AnayoMay 29, 2025

by Peter AnayoMay 29, 20250724

FAVOUR ISHEMBER, Abuja The Federal Government has announced plans to build eight cutting-edge medical simulation centers across the country to enhance medical education and training. To oversee this initiative, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has inaugurated a 19-member Implementation and Monitoring Committee for Medical Simulation......

Education

Mass failure in UTME: Anti-cheating measures working – Education Minister

Peter AnayoMay 7, 2025

by Peter AnayoMay 7, 202501423

..Obi demands urgent education reforms ..parents express disappointment, concerns The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, on Tuesday said that the high failure rate in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is proof that anti-malpractice measures are working effectively, especially within the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)......

Education

Inequality, poor infrastructure’ll hinder smooth running of CBT for WAEC, NECO exams— Expert

Peter AnayoMay 5, 2025

by Peter AnayoMay 5, 20250802

.Urges FG to invest wisely, avoid shortcuts in execution BLESSING TAIWO The federal government has been tasked to invest wisely in education infrastructures and avoid shortcuts in its bid to fully adopt Computer-Based Testing (CBT) in all the examinations of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the......

Education

FG unveils UBE school improvement programme

Peter AnayoApril 7, 2025

by Peter AnayoApril 7, 20250716

The Federal Government has launched the Universal Basic Education (UBE) School-Based Management Committee-School Improvement Programme (SBMC-SIP) for Teacher Professional Development (TPD). Speaking at an event in Abuja on Monday, the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, emphasized that the initiative would foster community partnership and engagement. Alausa stated that the......