The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has requested a review of Nigeria’s educational curriculum to be at par with present-day realities.
The request was made by UNESCO director of the International Bureau of Education (IBE), Ydo Yao, during a recent capacity development training workshop for officials of the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja.
While making the call, Yao said to tackle the education crisis, there was a need for action to make the curriculum relevant to ensure quality in education and that values, knowledge and skills thrived. He said the curriculum was a major and irreplaceable component of any educational policy, which is also essential in transforming education.
He said: “You know, we used to say that curriculum is for education, while a constitution is for a democracy. It means the curriculum is the heart of education. So, when you talk about education, you are talking about content, programmes and learning. So, if you want to transform education, and you don’t transform what is at the core of it, which is the learning, content and the programmes, your transformation has no meaning.”
Yao said the curriculum is overloaded, outdated and short of present-day development, hence the need for its review. According to him, the training was put in place to empower the capacities of specialists and officials in the ministry on eight thematic modules.
However, the Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Opiah, says steps have been taken to review the curriculum.
Opiah said: “We recognize the fundamental role of curriculum in the drive to attain globally agreed goals and country-specific aspirations. It remains the singular instrument capable of transforming the human capital base of a nation for effective contribution to nation-building and development.
“Thus, in setting our education targets as articulated in the Ministerial Strategic Plan (MSP) (2019 to 2022) for the education sector, curriculum and policy matters were identified and prioritised.”
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