Tinubu Orders Reintroduction Of History In Schools
The Minister of education, Tunji Alausa, on Tuesday, said that President Bola Tinubu has directed that history should be reintroduced as a subject in Nigeria’s basic schools.
Mr. Tunji, while speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s End-of-Year Special Review show, expressed concern that Nigeria’s youth are disconnected from its history.
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He said: “Let me go to basic education, the curriculum is good. What has been missing in the past is Nigerian history.
“We now have people of 30 years disconnected from our history. It doesn’t happen in any part of the world,” the minister said.
“President Bola Tinubu has mandated that we put that back in our curriculum and that is back.
“From 2025 our students in primary and secondary schools will have that as part of their studies.”
INFORMATION NIGERIA reports that history was said to have been removed from Nigeria’s basic school curriculum in 2007, attracting criticisms for years.
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