Basic Education

The Federal Ministry of Education has clarified a recent proposal which seeks to introduce a 12-year basic education system, against the current 6-3-3 structure. According to the ministry, the proposal presented by the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Olatunji Alausa, at the Extraordinary National Council on Education Meeting on February 6, 2025, in Abuja, was…

Tunji Alausa is advocating the adoption of a 12-year basic education model to scrap secondary schools in Nigeria. The minister spoke on Thursday at the 2025 extraordinary meeting of the National Council on Education (NCE) in Abuja. The meeting hosted the commissioners for education from the 36 states and the FCT, MDAs, and other development…