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LifestyleFG To Re-introduce Skills Acquisition Into School Curriculum:

FG To Re-introduce Skills Acquisition Into School Curriculum:

October 19, 2024

 

The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced the introduction of 15 skill acquisition into the curriculum of Primary and Junior Secondary schools in Nigeria.

Students will be able to choose one out of the 15 Skills and obtain both theoritical and practical knowledge of it before promotion to another class.

The Student will choose a particular skill out of the 15 and have the knowledge from Primary 1 to J SS 3 (9 years) starting from 2025 academic year.

Teachers will be trained, retrained and employed in both public and private schools all over the Country.

The 15 Skill courses are :

1. Plumbing

2. Tiling and Floor Works

3. POP Installation

4. Event Decoration and Management

5. Bakery and Confectioneries

6. Hairstyling

7. Makeup

8. Interior Design

9. GSM Repairs

10. Satellite/TV Antenna Installation

11. CCTV, Intercom Installation, and Maintenance

12. Solar Installation and Maintenance

13. Garment Making

14. Agriculture and Processing (including crop production, beekeeping, horticulture, sheep and goat farming, poultry, and rabbit farming)

15. Basic Digital Literacy (IT and Robotics)

A 6-3-3-4 system of education was introduced in Nigeria in 1983 with the primary focus of meeting the educational needs of its citizenry and equipping the youths with sellable skills that will make them to be self reliant.
Twenty-five years after, a new system of education called the Universal Basic Education, UBE otherwise known as the 9-3-4 has been re-introduced, whose curriculum is expected to meet the Millennium Development Goals MDGs by 2020.

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