The Federal Government has raised the minimum benchmark for textbooks to qualify for national ranking to 70 per cent, warning that substandard instructional materials will no longer be allowed in Nigerian classrooms.
The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Alausa, made the disclosure in Abuja while receiving the first national textbook assessment and ranking report.
The exercise, conducted by the National Educational Research and Development Council, NERDC, assessed textbooks against the revised national curriculum introduced in September 2025.
The Minister said the assessment placed the highest emphasis on curriculum alignment, alongside language, instructional design, technical features, social and cultural compliance, and gender sensitivity.
The Executive Secretary of NERDC, Professor Salisu Shehu, said the assessment involved subject specialists and education experts using a standardised scoring framework and peer review.
Dr Alausa urged publishers whose books fell below the 70 per cent benchmark to correct identified deficiencies and resubmit their materials, stressing that only quality, accurate and curriculum-aligned textbooks would be allowed to advance through the national ranking process.
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