The Nigerian government has introduced streamlined curricula for all levels of schooling \u2014 Primary, Secondary, and Technical schools \u2014 slashing the number of subjects to combat overload and focus on practical, in-depth learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The changes, which will take effect in the 2025\/2026 academic session, are designed to move the system away from rote memorization and toward more meaningful understanding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Sai\u2019d Ahmad, announced the policy on Thursday, explaining that the goal is to \u201creduce content overload, allow more time for learning, and ensure that education remains relevant to the realities of today\u2019s world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new structure significantly pares down subject counts. Young pupils in Primary 1\u20133 will now focus on 9\u201310 subjects, while those in Primary 4\u20136 will take 10\u201312. The junior secondary level will see students studying 12\u201314 subjects, a number that drops sharply to 8\u20139 for senior secondary students. Technical schools will offer 9\u201311 subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prof. Ahmad, speaking on behalf of the Education Minister, credited the collaborative effort behind the review, which involved key bodies like the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), and the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The minister stated that the revised \u201cframework balances subject offerings with deeper, more practical learning.\u201d The government has pledged to monitor the rollout closely to ensure a smooth transition for schools across the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Nigerian government has introduced streamlined curricula for all levels of schooling \u2014 Primary, Secondary, and Technical schools \u2014 slashing the number of subjects to combat overload and focus on practical, in-depth learning. The changes, which will take effect in the 2025\/2026 academic session, are designed to move the system away from rote memorization and toward more meaningful understanding. The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Sai\u2019d Ahmad, announced the policy on Thursday, explaining that the goal is to \u201creduce content overload, allow more time for learning, and ensure that education remains relevant to the realities of today\u2019s world.\u201d The new structure significantly pares down subject counts. Young pupils in Primary 1\u20133 will now focus on 9\u201310 subjects, while those in Primary 4\u20136 will take 10\u201312. The junior secondary level will see students studying 12\u201314 subjects, a number that drops sharply to 8\u20139 for senior secondary students. Technical schools will offer 9\u201311 subjects. Prof. Ahmad, speaking on behalf of the Education Minister, credited the collaborative effort behind the review, which involved key bodies like the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), and the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE). The minister stated that the revised \u201cframework balances subject offerings with deeper, more practical learning.\u201d The government has pledged to monitor the rollout closely to ensure a smooth transition for schools across the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26704,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26702\/revisions\/26704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}