NERDC cautions publishers against smuggling unapproved textbooks


Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), Prof. Ismail Junaidu has warned publishers against moving unapproved textbooks into the country’s school system saying only the council has the mandate to assess and approve books for usage.

Junaidu who spoke during the 2017 conference and general meeting of the Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA) in Lagos, blamed existence of controversial and immoral textbooks in some schools on some publishers, advising those involved to desist from such act in the interest of the Nigerian child.

Source : Guardian