Nigeria, Sept. 25 -- Cross River State Government has banned workbook-embedded textbooks in all government and private schools across the state.

The ban is part of a comprehensive package of education policy reforms designed to standardise practices in public and private schools, safeguard pupils' welfare, and improve data management across the state.

The reforms were announced by the state Commissioner for Education, Stephen Odey, during a press briefing in Calabar on Wednesday.

According to Mr Odey, only textbooks approved by the Ministry of Education will be permitted in schools. Publishers are prohibited from embedding workbooks that make textbooks non-transferable. He said the policy is to ensure uniformity, cost savings, and text...