The Federal Ministry of Education has launched the upgraded Nigerian Research and Education Network (NgREN) integrated with the Tertiary Education, Research, Applications, and Services (TERAS) platform to enhance digital connectivity, research collaboration, and innovation across Nigeria’s tertiary institutions.
Speaking at the launch in Abuja, the Minister of Education, Chief Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, described the initiative as a major milestone in modernizing teaching and research through technology, data, and institutional collaboration.
He stated that the NgREN will serve as a high-speed national education network linking universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education to support e-learning, cloud computing, and research services in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda for a knowledge-driven economy.
Dr. Alausa noted that integrating NgREN with TERAS creates a unified digital ecosystem offering research databases, plagiarism detection systems, high-performance computing, and institutional analytics.
Supported by the World Bank through the SPESSE and ACE Impact projects, the initiative provides cloud data centers, e-libraries, and campus-wide Wi-Fi across participating institutions.
He commended the National Universities Commission (NUC) and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) for their leadership, reaffirming that digital infrastructure will now anchor tertiary education reform, ensuring transparency, innovation, and cost-effective access to quality education nationwide.
