The Federal Government has directed the Federal Ministry of Education to ask all basic and secondary schools across the country to immediately implement the teaching of History as a subject.The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sonny Echono told newsmen in Abuja today, June 21, that teaching of history will stand as subject, adding that the directive will take effect from the next academic calendar.
Recall that the federal government had on June, 18 assured that teaching of history would be returned to school curriculum while ensuring that all primary school teachers are trained to deliver digital literacy.
Echono said: “by the next academic calendar, history will be taught as a standalone subject.
“It is with immediate implementation. So, definitely for the next academic year, everybody will fall in line because we already articulated the curriculum and the examination should be done along those lines.”
The Federal Government officially expunged history from its basic school curriculum in 2007 and relegated it as an elective, instead of a core subject at senior secondary level, thus widening a generational gap on students’ mental development.
The attack on history actually started after the 1969 National Curriculum Conference, which resulted in the adoption of a National Policy on Education, and subsequent adoption of a 6-3-3-4 system of education.
