Federal Govment Don Order Say Make Dem Start Check School Certificates Nationwide From October 6

Federal Govment don order say make dem begin enforce NERD regulation across di whole country from October 6, to check everybody school certificate for all institutions. Nigeria Federal Govment don give order make dem begin enforce di regulation wey dey inside di national policy for Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD) for certificate verification matter, and di enforcement go start from October 6. Dis one dey happen because people don dey vex say some people and syndicate dey abuse academic honour and dey do certificate runs up and down for di whole country. Di order dey inside one circular wey Secretary to Government of Federation, Senator George Akume, issue, and THISDAY see copy of am. After di deadline finish, all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), plus all higher institutions for Nigeria, whether civilian, military, private or public, go begin serious, well-organized check to verify academic certificates of all workers and people wey wan work. Dem go do dis verification through National Credential Verification Service (NCVS) wey dey under NERD programme, and from now on, before anybody for Nigeria fit get job confirmed, dem must get NCVS clearance wey go show say di certificate wey dem bring na correct one. Di circular also talk say from now, NCVS clearance go dey part of all employee documents. Di clearance go carry one National Credential Number (NCN) wey belong to dat certificate, plus other security codes wey dem go assign to every verified and validated school certificate for record sake. Dis big change mean say every certificate, diploma, honour or award wey person show for anywhere for Naija must comot from accredited school and e gats dey easy to find, trace, check and confirm anytime dem press button. Even though Naija don try some kain intervention before, dis new order no go depend again on di agency or school wey certificate come from. E go put one new system wey go make sure say quality dey, and dis system no dey under any one institution or di usual people wey dey cause wahala. Dis law na Section 10(1) of Education (National Minimum Standards and Establishment of Institutions Act) wey dem pass for 1985, e dey talk about how dem go take manage national education standards and protect academic honesty.

Di responsibility to make sure say dis law dey follow na for di new NERD wey National Universities Commission (NUC) propose for May 2023. National Credential Verification Service na big part of di NERD programme. Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, introduce am to Nigerians for March 2025 after im bring memorandum wey Federal Executive Council (FEC) approve. Dis one start National Proclamation and Declaration wey say NERD programme go dey effective. For di declaration, Alausa talk say dem don officially launch NCVS as nationwide system wey go check quality well well to stop academic fraud wey dey spoil education sector because of people wey dey sell fake degrees, do qualification fake, show fake certificates, and also fake honours wey dem no earn from unaccredited schools and diploma mills. Executive Director wey dey handle Communication and Cybersecurity for NERD programme, Ms Haula Galadima, talk for email say all di different services wey dey for NERD programme don ready now. She beg all post-secondary schools, tertiary institutions, MDAs, plus private sector people for Nigeria make dem listen to federal govment order and register dia NERD Focal Persons, Record and Digitisation Officers for di agency website. NERD na quality check tool. NERD na federal government initiative. NERD na di standard wey federal government set for higher education digitisation, and e aim to protect national security and respect, keep education honest, plus make Nigeria education value better for the world market. Galadima still talk say “NERD get other serious work to do. But when e reach academic certificates matter, NERD get duty to manage National Student Number (NSN), National Credential Number (NCN), and National Document Number (NDN) to make sure say every real award or honour wey person get for any accredited school for Nigeria fit dey found, tracked, checked, and confirmed. All dis record go make NERD fit run National Database of Resource Persons, where any real honour fit quick quick verify. Fake degrees, fake academic titles, and honours wey people never earn still dey because di bad people sabi say to catch dem no easy. Plenty correct institutions dey, but no one fit talk say some people for inside some schools no fit dey help do bad things Wetyn di federal government don do be say dem create di country official one-stop shop wey go make data correct and steady, but e still work as connection of different decentralised systems. So, di different systems still dey separate. Each one still dey run im own work. But Naija now get better tool to help make these systems work together better, for di koko benefit of di whole country, she talk. According to her, NERD Governing Council get big-big people wey represent all di different parts of Nigeria higher education sector, plus agencies wey get hand for data privacy matter. Di Honourable Minister of Education na di person wey dey lead di NERD Council. Dis new development mean say to enjoy some services and privileges from different govment agencies, you gats first follow NERD policy. Dem go also dey share correct data between different organisations to support Dis compliance.