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Posted By Admin On January 29th, 2025

Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has said President Bola Tinubu has given the Ministry of Education a mandate to unveil innovative ways to boost the ranking of Nigerian universities.

He said the mandate informed his appointment as the substantive Minister of Education during the cabinet reshuffle by the President.

According to Alausa, five universities are being shortlisted for specialised kind of training, which would then be passed on to other institutions across the country.

Beyond this, the minister revealed that the Tinubu administration is committed to sanitising the country’s education system by eliminating the proliferation of “miracle centres”.

He made these remarks while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today, saying the Nigerian government is taking a firm decision to put an end to the fraudulent system of aiding students in cheating during national examinations.

Alausa alleged that some private secondary schools across the country have developed the penchant for attracting students under the guise of guaranteed success in exams, regardless of their academic performance.

“These so-called miracle centres are constituting a major challenge, as they encourage widespread examination malpractice.

“We have problems with examination malpractice which we are addressing frontally as a government,” he said.

According to him, a situation where students are allowed to cheat tends to discourage those who work hard and study diligently.

He said that Nigeria’s higher education sector is improving, owing to a strategic plan aimed at strengthening university education.

His words, “We will tackle this issue of miracle centres, this pervasive exam cheating decisively. We would bring a complete end to this menace that has really invaded our educational system.”

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2025/01/29/exam-malpractice-nigerian-govt-to-move-against-miracle-centres-education-minister/