The Nigerian Educational Research and Advancement Council (NERDC) has distanced itself from a fraudulent file distributing online and in other public areas, which wrongly claims the company is looking for financial support for the production, printing and nationwide circulation of the Modified Basic Education Curriculum for the 2026/2027 academic session.
In a disclaimer provided on Monday, the Executive Secretary of NERDC, Professor Salisu Shehu, described the document as phony, unauthorised and deceptive, prompting government companies, educational institutions, advancement partners and members of the general public to ignore it.
Shehu clarified that the Council had actually not released any correspondence asking for monetary help from people or organisations for the production or circulation of the revised curriculum.
According to him, NERDC has actually made the necessary plans for the production, printing, dissemination and circulation of the curriculum through the suitable federal and state education authorities and other pertinent firms.
He stressed that no individual or organisation has been authorised to obtain funds on behalf of the Council for the exercise.
The NERDC manager for that reason encouraged government organizations, development partners, education stakeholders and the public to neglect any document declaring to originate from the Council that requests monetary contributions for the curriculum task.
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He declared the agency’s dedication to maintaining the credibility of its main interactions and protecting the integrity of Nigeria’s national curriculum development procedure.
Shehu also guaranteed stakeholders that all validated info concerning the implementation of the Revised Fundamental Education Curriculum would just be communicated through NERDC’s authorities channels.
The explanation comes as the Federal Government continues efforts to reform Nigeria’s basic education system through the application of brand-new policies focused on enhancing discovering outcomes.
NERDC just recently concluded the review of the Basic Education Curriculum to show emerging nationwide concerns, including fundamental literacy and numeracy, digital literacy, entrepreneurship, civic education and other 21st-century competencies.
The modified curriculum is set up for application in the 2026/2027 scholastic session as part of the Federal Ministry of Education’s wider education reform program.
In current months, the ministry has actually likewise presented several efforts to reinforce fundamental education, including nationwide knowing assessments, data-driven techniques for dealing with the out-of-school children difficulty and measures aimed at enhancing curriculum delivery and the quality of teaching and discovering throughout the nation.