This has become a source of concern
for some academics, teachers and
parents, who lament the low level of
knowledge of Nigerian History by
the youth. They attribute it to many
factors, especially the levity with
which the subject is handled in the
education system at all levels
In the United States, History is
compulsory, from elementary to
second year of college. In the United
Kingdom, the subject is compulsory
up to secondary school level.

Less than 70,000 candidates write
History in the Senior School
Certificate Examination (SSCE)
yearly, as against the almost one
million who register for
Government.
Source: The Nation