Core Curriculum and Minimum Standard to university education will mitigate local issues arising from the system
Given the expectations of educational system in the 21st century, the Federal Government has released a new curriculum and Minimum Standard for Nigerian universities
The development was made known on Monday, December 05, 2022, at the unveiling of the new curriculum in Abuja, by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, who was represented by Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
Osibanjo said the development was necessary to making university efficient and the education system more responsive to the expectations and needs of society.
Osinbajo explained that the introduction of the Core Curriculum and Minimum Standard to university education will address local issues, meet international standards and uplift scholarship in Nigerian universities.
The Vice president also commended the National Universities Commission, NUC, for the unbundling of such disciplines as Agriculture and the emergence of three courses – Allied Health Sciences, Architecture and Communication, and media studies – the three new courses in Nigerian Universities.
“This document has indeed taken cognizance of the need to provide greater academic autonomy to universities with regards to the development of some percentage of course content.
“I commend the commission of this decision to share the minimum credit unit required for graduation in the Nigerian university in the ratio of 70 to 30 per cent. This will further create institutional peculiarity,” he said.
The National Universities Commission (NUC) is the agency of government charged with the responsibility of regulating the university education system in Nigeria. NUC was initially setup as an advisory agency in the cabinet office in 1962, and in 1974, it became a statutory body with Professor Jibril Aminu being its first Executive Secretary.
