FG upgrades curriculum for varsities, adds 50 programmes
The Federal Government through the National Universities Commission has concluded on a new curriculum for Nigerian Varsities.
Recall that last year NUC inaugurated a committee of experts drawn from various disciplines across the nation’s Universities, to create the new Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards for Universities.
Part of the Bulletin reads: “The Committee of experts drawn from these various disciplines in the Nigerian Universities is to harmonize the online drafts of the curriculum review that was coordinated by the National Universities Commission converged last week for a face-to- face interaction on the new Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards documents to finalize activities on the report which began within the last one year.“
“During the opening of the interactive meeting at the Idris Abdulkadir Auditorium, Abuja, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, recollected that Minimum Academic Standards started way back in 1989, for a number of 13 disciplines which were largely repressive then.
“He also added that the analysis of the MAS curriculum by 2004, led to the growth of the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards with other forms of analysis conducted in 2007, and pointed out that the successive attempts to analyze the developed BMAS further in 2011 and 2018 were not a success.
“Prof. Abubakar emphasized on how several online analysis had gone into the process in the last 10 months, with a vigorous engagement by representatives of the various academia in diverse fields, professional bodies and the private sectors, to get the document to be analyzed face-to-face by stakeholders.
“He also prompt the experts that even though the curriculum being analyzed has some striking and exciting features comparatively unique attributes, the NUC was only going to provide 70 per cent of the compulsory courses, while the universities will regulate the remaining of 30 per cent balance of the courses.
“He stressed that the curriculum was being amplified from 14 to 17 disciplines, and increased from 188 to 238 at the programme.
“Prof. Abubakar expressed his joy and belief in the quality of experts and labor force selected to harmonize the analyzed documents and their vigorous contributions which would bring more momentum to the nation’s quest for internal and international development.
