EDUCATION: After Ten Years, FG Redirects Teaching Of History In Schools

Lovers of History in the country will soon smile following the Federal Government’s directive to all basic and secondary schools across the country to immediately implement the teaching of the subject.

According to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono who disclosed this while speaking to newsmen in Abuja noted that teaching of history will be a standalone subject as the directive will take effect from the next academic calender.

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History was last taught in the country ten years ago.

Recall that the federal government had on June 18 assured that teaching of history would be returned to school curriculum while ensuring that all primary school teachers are trained to deliver digital literacy.

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo had declared at the launch of Education for Justice Programme that government had kick-started implementation in 12 primary and secondary schools across the six geopolitical zones and instructional classes have also commenced.

According to Echono, the directive has already been given and it is automatic that all the schools should implement simultaneously.

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“By the next academic calendar, history will be taught as a standalone subject.

“It is with immediate implementation. So, definitely for the next academic year everybody will fall in line because we already articulated the curriculum and the examination should be done along those lines,” he said.

The Federal Government officially expunged history from its basic school curriculum in 2007 and relegated it as an elective, instead of a core subject at senior secondary level, thus widening a generational gap on students’ mental development.

The attack on history actually started after the 1969 National Curriculum Conference, which resulted in the adoption of a National Policy on Education, and subsequent adoption of a 6-3-3-4 system of education.

The ensuing years after the conference saw a gradual decline on the teaching of history in Nigerian schools, resulting in the removal of the subject from the 2007 curriculum, which was implemented in 2009 and 2010.

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