Lagos approves new curriculum for public secondary school

Lagos State has approved a new Senior Secondary School Curriculum for all public senior secondary schools in the state, the state Commissioner for Education, Olayinka Oladunjoye, has disclosed.
Oladunjoye noted that the highlight of the new Senior Secondary School Curriculum includes the fact that all SS I to III students in public senior secondary schools are expected to offer nine subjects made up of five compulsory core subjects, including English Language, Mathematics, Civic Education, Biology and one Trade Subject.
She added that Civic Education is however optional for present SS III students in the 2013/2014 academic session.
The Commissioner pointed out that the new curriculum expects all SS I to III students in public senior secondary schools to also offer three subjects from the various specialisation groups made up of Science and Mathematics, Business Studies, Humanities and Technology as well as one elective subject chosen from any subject group other than the subject of specialisation.
The Commissioner listed the 10 Trade subjects being offered in public senior secondary schools out which one must be offered by students in SS I to III as including Catering Craft Practice, Garment Making, Dyeing and Bleaching, Data Processing, Store Keeping, Book Keeping, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Marketing and Salesmanship.
Oladunjoye said: “Teachers in related subject areas are been encouraged to teach Civic Education and the Trade Subjects.
“The District’s Guidance and Counsellors have already been informed of the guidelines in the new curriculum and the information has been communicated to School Counsellors and Year Tutors in all Public Senior Secondary Schools.”
She said that seminars and workshops would be organised at all the six education districts in the state to educate teachers on the new senior secondary school curriculum, adding that two periods should be allocated to each Trade Subject on the Schools’ Time Table.
Oladunjoye noted that the schemes of work for Creative and Cultural Arts for Junior Secondary Schools would be streamlined at the next review exercise.