FG to conduct national learning assessment every three years — Alausa

File: The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa.

The Federal Government says it will institutionalise the National Learning Assessment every three years as part of efforts to tackle learning poverty and improve the quality of education across the country.

The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja after monitoring the ongoing 2026 National Learning Assessment in selected public and private schools in the FCT.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the minister visited Government Secondary School, Kuje; Junior Secondary School (JSS), Kuje Central; and Topaz Model School, Kuje, to assess the exercise.

Alausa said the assessment, which covers Primary Three, Primary Five, JSS Two and Senior Secondary School Two pupils and students, was designed to evaluate literacy, numeracy and cognitive skills.