The challenges of curriculum implementation in nigeria teacher education the importance of teachers to the socioeconomic development of any nation cannot be overemphasized. 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. In doing so, this paper defines the concepts of curriculum and curriculum. 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. 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. 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. It has bee20 n noted by beauchamp 21 that the implementation of a curriculum is accelerated, when teachers are involved in planning it. Udoh abstract curriculum development is the curriculum planning process that results in the broad and specific curriculum plan. Integrating components of culture in curriculum planning. Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program. For example, a typical 5year cycle is illustrated in exhibit 10. Charles nzulumike department of educational foundations, federal college of education, pankshin, plateau state. 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. Development and provision of appropriate trainers is critical in this.
Being a major investment in human capital development, it plays a critical role in longterm productivity and growth at both micro and macro levels. Basic science and technology bst each of the listed components will serve as themes for the basic science and technology curriculum. In a sense, the task of defining the concept of curriculum is perhaps the most difficult of. 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. Problems and prospects of curriculum implementation in nigeria. A curriculum development team is recommended in order to bring both subject matter and educational methods expertise to the project. The paper submits the need to save nigeria education and its curriculum from the. Implementation of nigerian secondary school curriculum. Revisions and rewrites, based on feedback from these groups.
An evaluation of the english language curriculum of the. 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. Hilton foundation and led by catholic relief services crs. This is because teachers are responsible for the translation and implementation. However, those formal elements are frequently not taught. 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. The nigerian national senior secondary schools curriculum and. Thereafter, the paper discussed the context of educational reforms that had taken place in nigeria till date.
Curriculuminuse the formal curriculum written or overt comprises those things in textbooks, and content and concepts in the district curriculum guides. Epidemiology for public health professionals, emory university, atlanta, georgia, usa, 09252006 10272006. Zambia that are involved in early childhood development ecd. 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. The definitions are according to the different conceptions of education and the functions of school and types of the school products. Chapter 10 curriculum development and implementation. 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. 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. O it is not necessary to list publications or presentations on your cv for stop purposes. Course name, venue institution, address, date example. National policy on education npe stipulates that the medium of instruction should be the language of the immediate environment of the child. Curriculum development is determined by a large number of factors.
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. More specifically, we present an overview of the indigenous, quranic and the westerntype education before and after independence. Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation. Global attention to sustainable development has heightened with the adoption of the seventeen sustainable development goals in. The curriculum development process systematically organizes what will be taught, who will be taught, and how it will be taught. Challenges in implementation of early childhood education in. The federal ministry of education regulates and ensures its quality. Recent curriculum reforms at the basic education level in. The first section focuses on early childhood care and education ecce in relation to the curriculum.
The success of a curriculum will depend on teachers as they are often the agents in the implementation 18 process 19. It attempts to let you see the varying conceptions of the word curriculum by different scholars. Schools are free to select such nigerian language to be taught. Challenges for nigerian education system iboro ukpong and nsidibe s. Still others view curriculum in a manner that is more refined than all classroom occurrences and broader than content. Each component affects and interacts with other components. 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 country requires nine years of mandatory education, six years of. Pdf developing nigerian integrated science curriculum. This site is the home of the extensive resources generated by the programme. The nigerian educational system allocations were 45 percent and 22 percent of the requests respectively. Eg it seeks to answer this question, what is the relationship between the educational objectives and students achievement. 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.
This by implication means that the goals of social studies curriculum is yet to be achieved, hence. In nigeria, the most populous country in africa, the responsibility of education is shared between the federal, state and local governments. For example, what will be taught is affected by who is being taught e. 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.
This explains why the state of education in nigeria continues to be our national discourse at all. However curriculum is defined, it has three important. 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. Concept of curriculum there exist different definitions of curriculum. 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.
The curriculuminuse is the actual curriculum that is. History of curriculum development in nigeria peakng. The origin of the word curriculum was from the latin word currus, which. 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. It also highlights the various agencies responsible for curriculum and textbook development in the various countries, including their. History of informal education and formal education.
It compares their strengths and weaknesses, while establishing how nigeria can adopt or improve on what it currently practices. Nigerian educational research and development council nerdc. This is because teachers are responsible for the translation and implementation of educational policies, curriculum or course offerings. Curriculum, however, can be defined as prescriptive, descriptive, or both. Curriculum and training needs of midlevel health workers in. This paper explores textbook programmes and curriculum development in four distinct countries china, mexico and the carribbeans. The paper submits the need to save nigeria education and its curriculum from the gully of pitfalls and contemporary challenges by. 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.
This document provides an overview of the curriculum development process and suggests a series of steps to follow in creating curriculum. 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. It is nothing than decision making that involves selecting and organizing the. Jul 16, 2018 development and provision of appropriate trainers is critical in this. Curriculum and textbook program development provision. 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.
Its indispensability spurred the government of nigeria to see to the development and production of national early childhood curriculum for ages 0. The major reason for this was the excess attention given to academic curriculum. 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. Development history of education in nigeria since 1960 till date. The nigerian national senior secondary schools curriculum. Curricular implications of sustainable development for.
Implications for the curriculum, teaching and classroom interaction dr. 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. The universal basic education ube programme was introduced in nigeria in september, 1988. History of education in nigeria development since 1960.