Madam Emordi Emodi insisted that what the federal government was parading at the moment as education curriculum can never drive the country towards achieving what it should achieve as a country in the 21st century. The former senator, who represented Anambra North Senatorial District between 2005 and 2010, spoke Sunday at an event planned by Brickhall School to honour Mrs Uchenna Onwamaegbu-Ugwu, founder of Edufun Technik STEM Center, following the winning of the 2018 Technovation World Pitch in California, USA, by the five secondary schoolgirls she mentored in her company.
ICCON advocates review of Chemistry curriculum in secondary schools
The Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria has said that efforts are underway to review the Chemistry curriculum for Nigerian secondary schools.
This was disclosed during a Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Workshop recently held in Lagos.
The workshop was themed, ‘Entrepreneurship Chemistry: A Tool For Sustainable National Economic Growth and Development’.
In his welcome address, the Acting Registrar of the council, Mr. Umar Bello Maigari, emphasized the vision of the institute, which is to “recreate situations that will impact positively on the nation, while providing professional protection to its members.”
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Government launches new roadmap for proposed curriculum
The government Wednesday launched a new roadmap for the rollout of the proposed school curriculum.
It begins with a national piloting this year that culminates in the actual implementation in January next year.
The pilot starts immediately and will cover pre-school and Standards One and Two. It will also be done in Standard Three in a few schools.
Known as competence-based curriculum (CBC), the new system, which seeks to replace the current 8-4-4, focuses on skills instead of knowledge.
It is phased as follows: two years of pre-school, six years of primary school, six years of high school, and three years of tertiary education (2-6-6-3).
In its naming system, classes will henceforth be referred to as grades rather than standards as is currently the case.
Source : Nation