T he Federal Government has introduced a new National Textbook Ranking System for primary and secondary schools to improve quality and bring uniformity to classroom materials, the Federal Ministry of Education said Saturday in a press release signed by Director of Press and Public Relations Boriowo Folasade. The system will cover Primary, Junior Secondary, and Senior Secondary levels and is designed to reduce the flood of textbooks in schools, the Ministry said. Education Minister Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa and Minister of State for Education Prof. Suwaiba Sai’d Ahmad stated that the move will ensure only high-quality, curriculum-compliant books are approved for use. NERDC will keep its legal duty to approve textbooks, but every approved title will now face an extra ranking process to pick the most suitable ones for each subject and class level, the ministers explained. To carry out the rankings, NERDC will set up Standing Subject Committees of experts, the Ministry noted. The committees w...