The Federal Government has announced that the new curriculum for basic education would commence across schools in January 2025. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman disclosed this at a stakeholders meeting on the implementation of the new curriculum Abuja on Monday.

The Stakeholders meeting brought together head of Education Agencies and key actors in the Education Sector. Addressing the gathering, the Minister of Education Prof Tahir Mamman said the curriculum for senior secondary education would also commence by September 2025.

He disclosed that the new curriculum would address problems of learning poverty at basic education as well as employability problems. According to him, the new skills will have multiplier effect by equipping students with

The Minister said the meeting was conveyed to discuss the modality and as well tidy some aspects of the curriculum while also giving timeline for implementation, support, monitoring and evaluation. He said that the next three months would be used for preparatory stage and also preparing teachers guide in using the curriculum.

When asked on changed with the 6:3:3:4 system of education that also infuse skills in the system, he said the problem was their ability to implement the policy. The Director of Curriculum, Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), Dr Garba Gandu, said the new curriculum would provide prerequisite skills and training for global competitiveness.

Gandu said the curriculum is competency and digital based as it also aligned with Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and (STEAM) methods. The new curriculum includes 15 newly introduced trade subjects for basic education such as Basic digital literacy Information Technology, Vocational Entrepreneurship Skills such as Building and construction including Plumbing and Tiling, among others.