Published June
21, 2019
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The Federal Government has directed
all basic and secondary schools across the country to immediately implement the
teaching of history as a standalone subject from the next academic calendar.
Mr Sonny Echono, Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of Education made this known on Friday in an interview with
the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
The Federal Government on June 18
promised the return history to school curriculum while ensuring that all
primary school teachers are trained to deliver digital literacy.
Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo has 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.
“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.
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