Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, said on Thursday that a new curriculum would be introduced for secondary schools nationwide come September 2024.
Mamman, disclosed this at the ongoing 2024 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board policy meeting in Abuja.
“We are working hard to ensure that a new curriculum is introduced for secondary schools by September,” he said.
“The exercise has been on for the past year and stakeholders meeting will be held on August 6, 2024.
“It is our plan that by September, this program will be implemented in all schools, public and private,” the minister added.
Recall that the National Senior Secondary School Education Commission had decried the deplorable state of senior secondary schools in the country and called for collaboration to overcome some of the challenges bedevilling it in the country.
The commission listed some of the challenges confronting the sector to include infrastructural deficit, unqualified teachers, obsolete curriculum, and deplorable libraries and laboratories.
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