The federal government is planning to review basic and senior secondary schools’ curricula to address the current learning crisis in the country, encourage the use of technology and enable future job seekers to secure high-paying jobs.
Though the curriculum has not been launched, Buzz Times gathered that it focuses mostly on critical technological courses such as robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, among others.
It is an outcome-based curriculum that plans to empower students to be globally competitive and take care of critical emerging issues, experts say.
The new tech-focused curriculum is expected to help students acquire skills that will make them financially independent, and earn income in six digits even without attaining tertiary education qualifications.
“The curriculum, distributed to over 450 public secondary schools, encourages teachers to incorporate 10 to 14 hours of AI education into the information and communication technology subject for students in form one to three, starting from September 2024,” Tahir Mamman, minister of education, said at a recent event.
“Whereas in Nigeria, at the secondary level, the current computer science curriculum is replete with what can still be termed redundant. Given that the curriculum has been in use for many years with only minor reviews, and there is a tendency that subjects like robotics and AI may take longer to be incorporated,” he added.
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