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FG Orders Reintroduction Of History In Schools by U09ce: 6:01pm On Sep 29, 2016 |
Following the criticisms that have trailed the suspension of
the teaching of history in schools, the federal government
on Thursday ordered the reintroduction of the subject in
basic schools across the country.
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who called for the
disarticulation of social studies in the current curriculum of
basic schools and reintroduction of history as a subject,
said this has become imperative given the critical nature of
history to the nation’s socio-political development.
The Minister made the call in Abuja Thursday while
addressing delegates at the 61st Meeting of the National
Council on Education Ministerial Session.
He also urged the Council to consider making the study of
Christian Religious Knowledge and Islamic Religious
Knowledge compulsory for both Christians and Muslims to
the end of Senior Secondary School.
Adamu said the reintroduction of history as a subject on its
own in basic schools will give the Nigerian child a self
identity of who they really are.
He added that Nigeria owes both the present and future
generations the responsibility of removing all inhibitions
against opportunities of acquiring morals and ethics as
taught in the religious traditions.
“It is only the study of history, our own history, that can
explain and give meaning to our very humanity and that is
why we must study it and teach our little ones. It is also not
enough that they merely know who they are; we must teach
them about their God.
“Since it is said that if you want to destroy any nation, it’s
either first the family is destroyed, then the education is
destroyed and the third the social morals are destroyed and
in Nigeria we owe both the present and future generations
the responsibility to remove all inhibitions against making
our children acquire morals and ethics”
At the Council Meeting, the Minister also launched the
National Teacher Education Policy , NTEP, and the National
Quality Assurance Policy, NPEQ
According to the Minister, the National quality Assurance
Policy, NPEQ, is an assurance system for institutions below
tertiary level and for expected standard of practice in
Nigeria. On the other hand, the policy identifies the pivotal
role of qualify teachers in the provision of quality education
at all levels.
“The objective is to produce highly skilled knowledgeable
and creative teachers who are capable of producing
globally competitiuve students,the policy seeks to ensure
that teachers recruited,trained and re-trained based on
explicit standards,” he said.
On the theme, ‘Education Council Meeting ; Teacher Quality:
A Tool for Sustainable Human Capital Development’ ,
Adamu stated that it was informed by the need to draw the
attention of policy makers, technocrats, professionals, and
stakeholders in the education sector to the indispensability
of the teacher in human capital development for the
achivement of national goals. |
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