Each component affects and interacts with other components. A national conference on curriculum development was held in 1969 which served as the basis for drafting the national policy on education of 1977 in nigeria. National family life and hiv education curriculum preface the structure of the nigerian population in the early 1980s brought about the emergence of the populationfamily life education popfle programme, which the nigerian educational research and development council nerdc has successfully implemented in nigeria to date. Curriculum and textbook program development provision. The federal ministry of education regulates and ensures its quality. Development and provision of appropriate trainers is critical in this. It attempts to let you see the varying conceptions of the word curriculum by different scholars. The nigerian national senior secondary schools curriculum. The curriculum development process systematically organizes what will be taught, who will be taught, and how it will be taught. Since when nigeria got independence, teachers have contributed immensely to the overall socioeconomic growth of nigeria, hence, their impacts on the national development cannot be underestimated because through them the implementation of education program and policy and curriculum has been translated and as well implemented in the interest of the nations education system.
Jul 16, 2018 development and provision of appropriate trainers is critical in this. O it is not necessary to list publications or presentations on your cv for stop purposes. Curriculum development is determined by a large number of factors. It should also be noted that state governments also finance higher education in nigeria but the magnitude of their finances on higher education varies according to the number of such institutions that are owned by such states. Adejuyigbe abstract the fundamental principle of technical and vocational education in nigeria and the development of the new national senior secondary schools curriculum structures in nigeria is. The nigerian national senior secondary schools curriculum and.
Curriculum and training needs of midlevel health workers in. Integrating components of culture in curriculum planning. Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program. History of curriculum development in nigeria peakng. According to lochner, conrad, and graham 2015, teachers are central to whether a curriculum is delivered consistently, effectively, and with efficacy to enable the support of student progress and growth.
Recent curriculum reforms at the basic education level in. The challenges of curriculum implementation in nigeria teacher education the importance of teachers to the socioeconomic development of any nation cannot be overemphasized. It is nothing than decision making that involves selecting and organizing the. However curriculum is defined, it has three important. Following this, in 2008 the federal government of nigeria, through the nigerian educational research and development council nerdc developed and introduced the 9year basic education curriculum bec in schools by realigning all extant primary and junior secondary school curricula to meet the key. It has bee20 n noted by beauchamp 21 that the implementation of a curriculum is accelerated, when teachers are involved in planning it. Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation. Eg it seeks to answer this question, what is the relationship between the educational objectives and students achievement. Concept of curriculum there exist different definitions of curriculum. This paper explores textbook programmes and curriculum development in four distinct countries china, mexico and the carribbeans. Problems and prospects of curriculum implementation in nigeria. Udoh abstract curriculum development is the curriculum planning process that results in the broad and specific curriculum plan. The curriculuminuse is the actual curriculum that is delivered and presented by each teacher.
History of curriculum development in nigeria agitation for curriculum reform is nothing new to africa. The curriculum was initially designed as 754, which translated into 7 years in primary school, 5 years in secondary school, and 4 years in alevel 18. The major reason for this was the excess attention given to academic curriculum. Nigerian educational research and development council nerdc. This is because teachers are responsible for the translation and implementation.
Schools are free to select such nigerian language to be taught. An evaluation of the english language curriculum of the. The nigerian educational system allocations were 45 percent and 22 percent of the requests respectively. The origin of the word curriculum was from the latin word currus, which. Akpakwu, ocheme simon bua, felix terhile faculty of education, department of educational foundations, benue state university, pmb102 119, makurdi km1 mkdgbk road, benue state nigeria email of the corresponding author. Curriculum, however, can be defined as prescriptive, descriptive, or both. Chapter 10 curriculum development and implementation. Revisions and rewrites, based on feedback from these groups. In doing so, this paper defines the concepts of curriculum and curriculum. Charles nzulumike department of educational foundations, federal college of education, pankshin, plateau state. Global attention to sustainable development has heightened with the adoption of the seventeen sustainable development goals in. Nwosu1 abstract the purpose of this paper is to explore the implications of sustainable development for the curriculum for library and information science education in nigeria. The paper submits the need to save nigeria education and its curriculum from the gully of pitfalls and contemporary challenges by. The definitions are according to the different conceptions of education and the functions of school and types of the school products.
In nigeria, the most populous country in africa, the responsibility of education is shared between the federal, state and local governments. Curricular implications of sustainable development for. Meaning, nature, importance and history of curriculum development in nigeria unit 1 basic concepts in curriculum this unit explains various meanings of curriculum as presented by experts. This is because teachers are responsible for the translation and implementation of educational policies, curriculum or course offerings. As colonization of nigeria began in the early 19s, nigerian were trained on basic hand work, such as blacksmith, carpentering, brick layering, and others, as these began, it open ways for semiinformal education which is more formalized than the informal form of education, the. For example, a typical 5year cycle is illustrated in exhibit 10. The teacher development programme worked with federal and state governments in nigeria to improve the quality of 62,000 teachers and achieve better learning outcomes for over 2. The curriculum council should also select teacher representation for curriculum devel opment. In a sense, the task of defining the concept of curriculum is perhaps the most difficult of. Pdf developing nigerian integrated science curriculum. Course name, venue institution, address, date example. Implementation of nigerian secondary school curriculum.
For example, what will be taught is affected by who is being taught e. The country requires nine years of mandatory education, six years of. The history of curriculum development in nigeria curriculum development during and after the phelpsstokes commission 1925 to 1952 the phelpsstokes commission was noted for the initial failure to help in matching education to the needs of nigerians. Development history of education in nigeria since 1960 till date. However, those formal elements are frequently not taught. The paper submits the need to save nigeria education and its curriculum from the. More specifically, we present an overview of the indigenous, quranic and the westerntype education before and after independence. The success of a curriculum will depend on teachers as they are often the agents in the implementation 18 process 19. The curriculum was created within the crsled project called strengthening the capacity of women religious in early childhood development, or scoreecd, funded by the conrad n. Curriculuminuse the formal curriculum written or overt comprises those things in textbooks, and content and concepts in the district curriculum guides. This site is the home of the extensive resources generated by the programme.
History of informal education and formal education. This explains why the state of education in nigeria continues to be our national discourse at all. The universal basic education ube programme was introduced in nigeria in september, 1988. Adejuyigbe abstract the fundamental principle of technical and vocational education in nigeria and the development of the new national senior secondary schools curriculum structures in nigeria is to allow everybody to acquire technical. Challenges for nigerian education system iboro ukpong and nsidibe s. Nigeria, having realized the effectiveness of education as a powerful instrument for national progress and development, adjusted her secondary school educational system to encompass diversified curriculum that integrates academic with technical and vocational subjects. It also highlights the various agencies responsible for curriculum and textbook development in the various countries, including their. This by implication means that the goals of social studies curriculum is yet to be achieved, hence. Hilton foundation and led by catholic relief services crs. The first section focuses on early childhood care and education ecce in relation to the curriculum. The major development in science curriculum took palce in nigieira strating from 19321, the establsihement of yaba college of upgraded 1963 to yaba college of technology, to run coruses in engineering, medicine, science, agriculture, survey and teacher training college fill vacancies in relevant government developments. Curriculum development is a continuous process and necessary changes are part and parcel of the process, in order to make more responsive to the changing demands and to ensure the relevancy.
National policy on education npe stipulates that the medium of instruction should be the language of the immediate environment of the child. It compares their strengths and weaknesses, while establishing how nigeria can adopt or improve on what it currently practices. The curriculuminuse is the actual curriculum that is. Challenges in implementation of early childhood education in. Still others view curriculum in a manner that is more refined than all classroom occurrences and broader than content. To achieve the expected results, he contends, the school curriculum has to be revisited and restructured to fall in line with the vision of the national development desired. Epidemiology for public health professionals, emory university, atlanta, georgia, usa, 09252006 10272006. Abstract unarguably, all the philosophical issues that are raised and considered. A curriculum development team is recommended in order to bring both subject matter and educational methods expertise to the project. This document provides an overview of the curriculum development process and suggests a series of steps to follow in creating curriculum. Basic science and technology bst each of the listed components will serve as themes for the basic science and technology curriculum. This paper examines the trend in the educational development of nigeria from precolonial times to the present, with a view to highlighting the progress made and problems encountered on the way. History of education in nigeria development since 1960.
The slow growth of the health workforce lags behind population growth and increased health need in africa 29, with the shortage of senior clinical educators doctors and nurses undermining training of all health staff as well as provision of services. Purposes, practices, procedures the purpose of this guide is to provide some general instructions to school districts as staff begin to develop or revise their curriculum guides. Its indispensability spurred the government of nigeria to see to the development and production of national early childhood curriculum for ages 0. Being a major investment in human capital development, it plays a critical role in longterm productivity and growth at both micro and macro levels. Its indispensability spurred the government of nigeria to see to the development and production of national early childhood curriculum for ages 05years by nerdc, with the support of unicef. Zambia that are involved in early childhood development ecd. Implications for the curriculum, teaching and classroom interaction dr.