The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) has disowned a fake document soliciting financial support for the production, printing and nationwide distribution of the Revised Basic Education Curriculum for 2026/2027.

The Executive Secretary of NERDC, Prof. Salisu Shehu, made this known in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja.

‎Shehu described the purported correspondence as fictitious, frivolous and unauthorised, stressing that the council did not issue any letter requesting financial assistance from any institution for the exercise.

‎”Our attention has been drawn to fake documents and letters claiming to be from the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC).

“The fake documents are asking for financial support to produce, print and distribute the Revised Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) for the 2026/2027 academic session.