In line with the philosophy, the 9 year Basic Education Curriculum was developed by the Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) from the primary and junior secondary curricula. The new curriculum has been approved by the Federal Government and the existing Primary and Junior Secondary Curricular have been reviewed to meet the needs of the pupils and students, respectively. It is also pertinent to highlight the three components of the curriculum according to the corresponding levels and the age of the pupils and students from primary 1-3, 4-6 and JS 1-3. The 9 years Basic Education Curriculum (Basic 1-9) has three components namely: •Lower Basic Education Curriculum for primary 1-3 (age 6-8 years) Basic 1-3 •Middle Basic Education Curriculum for primary 4-6 (age 9-11) i.e., Basic 4-6 •Upper Basic Education Curriculum of Junior Secondary (JS) 1-3 (age 12-14) Basic 7-9 The framework of the Basic Education Curriculum reflects the following: •The curriculum is designed to properly target pupils and students needs and interests to make provision for appropriate core and elective subjects for a well rounded education at the different age levels •Implementation of the new 9 year Basic Education Curriculum will commence concurrently in primary 1 and JS1 in September 2008 nationwide. It is noteworthy that primary 2-6 and JS 2-3 in 2008/2009 school year will continue to use the present Primary and Junior Secondary Curricula. The old curricular will be gradually and systematically phased out •The lower and Middle Basic Education Curricula (for primary 1-6) will be in full use by the year 2014 and the Upper Basic Education Curriculum (for JS 1-3) will be achieved by the year 2011 •Every child is expected to complete primary 6 before being placed in Junior Secondary (JS 1) An overview of subjects to be taught in the Basic Education Curriculum is presented in the table. The three levels with the corresponding core subjects to be taught and the electives to be offered are shown in Table 1. The new areas of emphasis in the new 9 year Basic Education Curriculum are: •Value reorientation •Basic Science •Basic Technology •Computer Science •Teaching of thinking •Home Economics •Agricultural Sciences •Business Studies •Civic Education •French In the 1999 implementation guidelines, 9 strategies to be aggressively pursued to facilitate the successful achievement of the UBE objectives included the following: •Public enlightenment and social mobilization for full community involvement •Data collection and analysis •Manning, monitoring and evaluation •Teachers: their recruitment, educational training, retraining, motivation •Infrastructural facilities •Enriched curricula •Textbooks and instructional materials •Improved funding and management of the entire process
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