The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council NERDC, has introduced e-curriculum in all Senior Secondary Schools in Nigeria so as to address mass failure in examinations
The e-curriculum is a web portal, curriculum delivery solution for learners, teachers, education managers and other stakeholders.
The Executive Secretary of NERDC, Professor Godswill Obioma, who announced this on Monday in Abuja, explained that e-curriculum would address the issue of failure in examinations.
Obioma said, “The objective of this public Private Partnership arrangements is to, among others, harness the potentials of the private sector in tackling the challenges of access, education standards and quality, curriculum and teacher development, funding, relevance of current issues in education to Nigerian culture as well as re-orientation for positive national values.”
“Taken together therefore, the e-curriculum portal would contribute in no small measure towards ensuing that teachers, learners and other relevant stakeholders have easy access to this very important teaching and leaning resource,” he said.
He stressed that the e-curriculum would ensure online access to the prescribed national currriculum in all subjects offered at the senior secondary education level
The e-curriculum which would be launched on Tuesday in Abuja by the Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, was done in collaboration with Sidmach Technologies Nigeria Ltd, and it is expected to ensure the digitalization of school curriculum to e-curriculum portal.
The e-curriculum is a web portal, curriculum delivery solution for learners, teachers, education managers and other stakeholders.
The Executive Secretary of NERDC, Professor Godswill Obioma, who announced this on Monday in Abuja, explained that e-curriculum would address the issue of failure in examinations.
Obioma said, “The objective of this public Private Partnership arrangements is to, among others, harness the potentials of the private sector in tackling the challenges of access, education standards and quality, curriculum and teacher development, funding, relevance of current issues in education to Nigerian culture as well as re-orientation for positive national values.”
“Taken together therefore, the e-curriculum portal would contribute in no small measure towards ensuing that teachers, learners and other relevant stakeholders have easy access to this very important teaching and leaning resource,” he said.
He stressed that the e-curriculum would ensure online access to the prescribed national currriculum in all subjects offered at the senior secondary education level
The e-curriculum which would be launched on Tuesday in Abuja by the Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, was done in collaboration with Sidmach Technologies Nigeria Ltd, and it is expected to ensure the digitalization of school curriculum to e-curriculum portal.
It would also enable students and parents to have online access to all subjects.
