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NITDA Calls for Urgent Curriculum Review

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The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in a statement during a meeting with the management team of the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), has said the Nigerian school curriculum in Nigeria needs an urgent and comprehensive review.
The Director General of NITDA, Kashifu Abdullahi at the neeting, emphasised the urgent need to work together to review the existing curriculum and develop a comprehensive one that incorporates digital skills at all educational levels.
He said this is in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda to create millions of jobs by leveraging digital technologies and achieving a digital literacy rate of 70% by 2027.
In his remarks, the Executive Secretary of NERDC, Ismail Janiadu, stated that the institution is charged with the responsibility of curriculum development for the country at all levels and this cannot be done without the infusion of digital literacy.
Janiadu noted that the meeting was to scale up the existing relationship and partnership to explore potential areas that both organisations will have a tie towards national development.

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