Nigerians Demand Further Review of Primary, JSS, SSS Curriculum, List New Subject Areas
- Nigerians have called for the further review of the recently reviewed curriculum for primary, JSS and SSS students
- Some Nigerians are demanding the expansion of foreign languages, including Chinese, Korean, Japanese and others
- This came after the FG released how the new curriculum would take effect in the schools' resumes later in the month of September
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Some Nigerians have started expressing their views about the newly reviewed curriculum for primary, Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary School (SSS) by the Federal Ministry of Education.
The ministry took to its social media handle on Sunday, September 7, and disclosed how the new curriculum would take effect on the pupils who resumed school later in September, describing it as "lighter load, stronger minds Nigeria’s new school curriculum (2025/26)."
Source: Twitter
Some Nigerians have taken to the comment section of the post and demand further review of the curriculum.
New subjects Nigerians want in school curriculum
Some are demanding the inclusion and compulsory study of history as a subject. Other demands included the inclusion of an entrepreneurship study, traditional religion and other languages in Nigeria.
Below are some of their reactions:
Obabinrin Aderonke questions the dominance of Yoruba, Hausa, and Igbo in language subjects as well as in Islamic and Christian studies. She said:
"This is truly commendable. However, I have some concerns
"1) Why are we limiting languages to Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo only. I believe that's not fair to other ethnic groups in Nigeria. Compulsory languages should be regulated by the states. Any predominantly spoken language of the people in a state should be made compulsory for the students in such states.
"2) If we have Christian studies and Islamic studies, it is only right to have traditional studies as well. Some of us are not Christians or Muslims, so what happens to our own children?
"Our curriculum should reflect the true nature of our society. Not box us into others' reality
"Finally, I do not see entrepreneurial studies in this curriculum. Given that we have a high unemployment rate in Nigeria, I believe priority should be given to entrepreneurship to create jobs. Learning a trade is a welcome idea, but we all know learning a trade and entrepreneurial and leadership skills are two different things.
"I would appreciate it if we could consider these points.
"I give this curriculum upgrade a 6/10."
Source: Twitter
Oluwasegun demands the inclusion of more foreign languages. She wrote:
"Will this be open for consultation and feedback?
"For the trade subjects, perhaps we should also consider plumbing, welding, refrigerator repair, general repairs of combustion engines (cars and generators, diesel and petrol), Circuit board repairs, machining, fabrication and tooling.
"For languages, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Hindi will probably be better for national trade than Arabic (which can be covered as part of the Islamic Studies curriculum) or learned separately by students."
Otunba advocated for the inclusion of history. He said:
"Nice one. History class must be compulsory, and anyone who fails must repeat the class!
"This will help the upcoming generation, and history must not start from colonial masters but as far back as 1000AD!"
Mislaw commended the ministry:
"Like we have never had a Ministry of Education in the recent past. I mean, this Minister of Education must rank the best since Babs Fafunwa of blessed memory. Kudos to excellent work and new milestones back to back."
Mr Brian welcomed the development:
"Some of the crucial wins for Nigeria’s progress are being implemented under this administration. I pray the good gets better and evil passes away."
See the release here:
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