FG MAKES TERTIARY INSTITUTION RANKING COMPULSORY NATIONWIDE

The Federal Government has made participation in the national tertiary education ranking exercise compulsory for all universities, polytechnics and colleges of education across Nigeria.

The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, announced the development in Abuja during a meeting with the Nigerian Universities Ranking Advisory Committee (NURAC), which has now been expanded and renamed the Nigerian Tertiary Education Ranking Advisory Committee.

The unified ranking framework is aimed at strengthening quality, accountability, institutional performance and global competitiveness across Nigeria’s tertiary education system. It will also provide institutions with benchmarks for assessing their performance and identifying areas that require improvement.

The 2026/2027 ranking exercise for universities is expected to commence in September 2026, while the committee will determine the appropriate timeline for extending the exercise to polytechnics and colleges of education.

The Federal Government is expected to fund the exercise through TETFund, while guidelines will be developed to institutionalise the ranking process.

The development means that public and private tertiary institutions will come under the expanded national ranking framework.