New educational curriculum will mandate every student to graduate with 2 skills

The federal government is set to roll out a new curriculum for Basic and  Senior Secondary Education in Nigeria, which will mandate every student to graduate with a minimum of two skills.

Speaking at the 68th National Council on Education (NEC) meeting tagged “Innovation,  Digital Technology Entrepreneurship: Tools for Educational  and National Development in the 21st Century", in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman stated that the new curriculum has been tailored to incorporate knowledge, skills and values at Basic and  Senior Secondary Education levels.

The new curriculum, according to him, has a special focus on skills, which will equip students with will skills they can connect with the economy and have a productive life when they graduate.

“A well-designed and effective curriculum determines a sustainable development, quality, and the relevance of education. This is the main reason why this administration places priority on the institutionalisation of curriculum development in the overall context of education,” he said.

The ministry, according to him, is implementing the Education Transformation Agenda of Mr. President designed to comprehensively overhaul the education sector to ensure quality learning, skill development, access and equity.

He explained that the government in protecting and ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels for all learners, is “committed to observing all relevant international protocols, conventions and treaties for the protection of our learners, teachers, learning institutions and facilities from attack and any other instrument on education, which the country has domesticated. “

Earlier, Dr Tanko Sununu in his welcome speech, underlined the importance of the new culture of creative ideas, entrepreneurship and the use of digital technology to national growth.

“To meet the challenges posed by new technological development, we must ensure that the educational system is structured and made more relevant to the needs and aspirations of the society,” he noted.

To meet up with present globalisation he explained, education at all levels according to him must be renewed.