Council Debunks Speculations On Revised Education Curriculum

The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) has debunked speculations and misinformation surrounding the recently revised Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) and Senior Secondary Education Curriculum (SSEC), stressing that lone authentic accusation issued by the assembly should beryllium relied upon.

In a announcement signed by its enforcement secretary, Prof. Salisu Shehu, the assembly explained that the Federal Ministry of Education had already approved the revised curricula and provided frameworks for taxable offerings and implementation.

Prof. Shehu emphasised that the program betterment effort was portion of the National Education Sector Renewal Initiatives (NESRI) and aligned with planetary champion practices.

He besides said learners would beryllium exposed to caller contented areas successful the caller curriculum, designed to conscionable 21st-century demands.

“The focal contented areas volition alteration acquisition of knowledge, skills and competencies including basal robotics, affirmative artificial intelligence, and integer technologies, arsenic good arsenic life, citizenship, and sports skills. The revised curricula volition besides beforehand motivation values, spiritual tolerance, and unity successful diversity,” helium said.

The assembly reiterated that Christian Religious Studies (CRS) and Islamic Studies (IS) stay elective subjects astatine the elder secondary level, with learners escaped to take based connected their faith.

“For the avoidance of doubt, each learners astatine the elder secondary schoolhouse level are offered the prime of either Christian Religious Studies oregon Islamic Studies, connected the ground of their religion from home. There is nary composite taxable arsenic is being speculated. Claims astir a alleged ‘Religion and National Values’ program are false, arsenic that taxable was disarticulated implicit a decennary ago.”

According to him, subjects crossed the levels person been streamlined to trim overload, make much learning time, and marque them much performance- and learner-centered.

“Implementation of the caller revised curricula has already commenced. It begins astatine the commencement of each three-year learning rhythm Primary 1, Primary 4, JSS 1, and SSS 1.”