A member of the Osun State House of Assembly, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has praised the Federal Government for reintroducing history into the primary and secondary school curricular.

Oyintiloye told reporters in Osogbo, the Osun State capital that history had been neglected at both primary and secondary school levels.

The lawmaker said teaching of History was essential to a nation and its citizens.

“I want to commend the Minister of Education for inaugurating new curricular for history in primary and secondary schools.

“No nation can develop without teaching his young ones history; history reflects the past and situates the present’

“Without historians, we would not know much about our past, our heroes, our ancestors, their heroic deeds or their epic mistakes.

“When pupils and students learn about the values that built the country they live in, the wars that were fought to protect certain ideals, the triumphs and failures of different leaders and societies, they become better for it.

“They can better understand how their own society was shaped, and what role they should play.

“With a knowledge of history young people have the opportunity to learn from the tragic mistakes of past individuals and societies, and to prevent the same mistakes being made over again.”

The History curriculum, unveiled by Education Minister, Adamu Adamu recently is divided into three levels: Primary 1 -3 ( lower basic) , Primary 4- 6 ( middle basic) and Junior Secondary School 1- 3 (Upper basic).

Oyintiloye, the House Committee Chairman on Information and Strategy, said the new curriculum would awaken the consciousness of Nigeria’s unity in the minds of upcoming generations.

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