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‎…under the new policy, NERDC will continue to license textbooks, but only those ranked under the new system. ‎ABUJA, NIGERIA- The iNews Times| The Federal Government has unveiled a National Textbook Ranking System for primary, junior, and senior secondary schools as part of efforts to strengthen quality assurance and standardisation in Nigeria’s education sector, which will be lead by…

…noting that STEM education in Anambra is helping to nurture creativity, innovation.   Awka, Nigeria — The iNews Times reports that the Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board (ASUBEB) has lauded Governor Chukwuma Soludo for his strategic leadership, policy direction and huge investments strengthening STEM education in Anambra, innovation and technology to make children in the state…

Why Senior Secondary School curriculum

The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council has called for the review of the Senior Secondary School curriculum. The Executive Secretary of NERDC, Prof. Ismail Junaidu, made the call on Friday in Calabar at a one-day stakeholders’ dialogue for the South-South zone. He said that the dialogue was part of efforts by the council to carry all stakeholders along in order to ensure…

NERDC To Create More Experiments In Educational Curriculum

The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), has said that it would drive more experiments into the Nigerian educational curriculum.

Prof. Ismail Jinadu, the Executive Secretary of NERDC, made this remark in an interview with NIGERIA NEWS on Tuesday in Abuja.

“When you do lots of experiments by using different objects, elements and so on, it will reduce the problem of…

Nigerian govt infuses Trafficking In Persons(TIP) in schools’ curricula

As a method for checking the menace of human trafficking, the Nigerian government has reported plans to present Trafficking in Persons, TIP, into the educational curricula of basic and secondary schools across the country.

It has in anticipation of this sorted out a two-day sensitization and advocacy workshop for publishers and authors by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in…

Buhari didn’t remove CRK from schools’ curriculum, says NERDC

The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council has debunked a rumour making the rounds in the educational sector that Christian Religious Knowledge has been removed from schools’ curriculum. The NERDC said in a statement late on Tuesday that CRK was never removed from the curriculum, adding that the council never introduced the Islamic Arabic Studies/French combination, as being…

CRK Still Part of Curriculum as Distinct Subject – NERDC

  The National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) has stated that Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) is still being taught as a distinct subject in schools, Vanguard reports.

Contrary to earlier reports of the removal of CRK from the Curriculum, the Executive Secretary of NERDC, Professor Ismail Junaidu said:

The Management of NERDC hereby reiterates categorically and…