NERDC to reintroduce History in schools by Sept 2017

Executive Secretary, Nigerian Educational Research Development Council (NERDC), Prof. Ismail Junaidu, disclosed on Monday that History subject would be reintroduced in primary and secondary school curriculum from September, 2017.
Junaidu made the disclosure in an interview in Abuja.
“Hopefully by next academic session, all things being equal, we should start implementing the policy. This is what the country is yearning for. The National Assembly is hundred per cent behind us, so also the Federal Ministry of Education.
“By next Council on Education meeting, we should be able to table the curriculum itself, and if we have the curriculum, we will start the distribution to the schools. We are hoping that by the next academic session, we should start implementing the policy.”
Junaidu dismissed the misconception that removing history from social studies would add a burden on students.
According to him, the introduction of history subject will not pose any problem as the council will develop effective ways to ensure smooth adjustment in the curriculum.
“I don’t think so in anyway. In fact, let us say that the first thing you need to know as a human being is about yourself and the society.
“So, even in the scale of what is important, I think history should occupy a prime position, getting to know ourselves and where we are coming from.
“Don’t forget that there are people, who after primary school may not continue to secondary school, and there are those whose education will terminate at the secondary school level.
“What we are advocating is, after the first nine years of education, a Nigerian child should have some good knowledge of Nigerian history.”