The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, announced on Thursday that a new curriculum for secondary schools nationwide would be introduced by September 2024. Mamman made this statement at the ongoing 2024 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board policy meeting in Abuja.

“We are working hard to ensure that a new curriculum is introduced for secondary schools by September,” Mamman said, highlighting that the process has been ongoing for the past year. A stakeholders meeting is scheduled for August 6, 2024, to finalize the plans.

“We plan that by September, this program will be implemented in all schools, public and private,” the minister added.

Recently, the National Senior Secondary School Education Commission expressed concern over the poor state of senior secondary schools in the country and called for collaboration to address various challenges in the education sector. The commission cited issues such as infrastructural deficits, unqualified teachers, outdated curricula, and inadequate libraries and laboratories.

The introduction of the new curriculum is part of the efforts to address these challenges and improve the quality of secondary education in Nigeria.