FG To Roll Out New Curriculum For Secondary Schools

The Federal Government through the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has announced that a new curriculum would be introduced for secondary schools nationwide by September 2024.

Tahir made this known on Thursday at the ongoing 2024 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board policy meeting in Abuja.

He said, “We are working hard to ensure that a new curriculum is introduced for secondary schools by September.”

He disclosed that the exercise has been on for the past year and a stakeholders meeting will be held on August 6,2024.

“It is our plan that by September, this programme will be implemented in all schools, public and private,” the minister said.

Recently, the National Senior Secondary School Education Commission decried the deplorable state of senior secondary schools in the country and called for collaboration to overcome some of the challenges bedevilling the secondary level of education in the country.

The commission listed some of the challenges confronting the sector, including infrastructural deficit, unqualified teachers, obsolete curriculum, and deplorable libraries and laboratories.

It was also noted that plans were ongoing to introduce a new curriculum.