NIGERIA'S CURRICULUM IS OBSOLETE : YAPJEN FUMES

Youth Advocates For Peace Justice And Empowerment Network (YAPJEN) A non- governmental, nation building, sustainable development goals, good governance, social justice and human right advocacy organisation has expressed its utter displeasure over schools in Nigeria that still operate the curriculum designed at their inception stating that the outcome is that Nigerian graduates when employed are first subjected to months of training and retraining before they can resume work as most lack the relevant skills and information.

Amb Timothy Nwachukwu, the Executive Director, YAPJEN further charged

the National University Commission and other educational regulatory bodies in Nigeria to as a matter of urgency review the curriculum of the nation's education at various levels to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

In his words, "We need to completely overhaul the curriculum in our schools as it is long overdue right from the primary school, we need to teach our children how to build apps, robots, drones which will in turn provides solution to our ever increasing challenges, therefore overhauling the school curriculum has become imperative amidst the global challenges which are threatening our environment and our daily lives".

"Our current curricula cannot prepare students for the job of the future. We have to change, from now, the education of the future. It is no longer competition of knowledge but of creativity, learning and independent thinking" he said.

He lamented that a time was when Nigerian graduates were 'hot cake'. But this isn't the case today as the outdated curriculum being run in most tertiary institutions have contributed in no small measure to this change of status.

He clearly stated that the future is not knowledge driven. It is experience driven and that is what our educational curriculum should reflect. Today, you have to think outside the box but in the future, you will need to think without the box.

Amb Timothy Nwachukwu also called for a collaborative effort between the private sectors, researchers and experts in our institution of learning to develop computer applications to teach problem solving and organisational skills, the development of Apps to teach these skills

He charged the nations tertiary institutions to address the daunting challenges of youth employment not only through conventional education but through technical, Vocational Education as well incorporation of entrepreneurial as well as technical and vocational education training.

Amb Timothy Nwachukwu

Executive Director, YAPJEN can be reached via youth advocates networks gmail.com or via WhatsApp on 08097311499