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Lawan seeks review of Nigerian tertiary academic curricular
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has sought the review of academic curricula of schools at all levels to improve on the nation’s education sector.
He made the call while declaring opened, a public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TetFund on Monday at the National Assembly, Complex.
The hearing was on the establishment of Federal College of Education Mutum Biyu, Taraba, Federal College of Education, Giwa, Kaduna and Federal College of Education Ibokun, Osun.
Lawan said that Nigeria was late in reviewing the schools’ curricula to reflect the desire to produce manpower for the 21st economy.
He said, “We cannot continue to use curricula of over 40 years ago and expect to have an economy that is knowledge-based.
“There are so many countries that have no oil and gas but because they have concentrated in developing their education sector, today, their economies are doing very well largely because of what the people can do.
“We need to review our curricula at all levels. If we have to produce teachers that will teach students who will later become teachers, then you need to have teachers that are digitally oriented,” Lawan said.
He said that the Senate was approaching the bills with great concern because education would always be important in the determination of a nation’s development and progress.
The Sponsor of the Federal College of Education Mutum Biyu, Taraba establishment bill, Senator Yusuf Yusuf, said the school would help to provide access to higher education for Nigerian youths
He also said it would provide added educational opportunities for the people of the states as well as other Nigerians desirous of higher education.
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