As part of efforts to reflect 21st century current realities, the Federal Government has introduced a new curriculum for university education. At the unveiling of the new curriculum in a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the National Universities Commission in Abuja, Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo said the gesture was part of the government agenda to make university education more responsive to the needs of the society.
Represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, the Vice president said the introduction of the Core Curriculum and Minimum Standard to university education will also address local issues, meet international standards and uplift scholarship in the nations universities.
He commended the NUC for unbundling of some disciplines and introduction of new courses in the system.
Earlier in his remarks, the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed said ithe Commission commenced the journey to restructure the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards BMAS in 2018, introducing in its place, the Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS), to reexamine existing and introduce new disciplines and programmes in the Nigerian University System.
The new curriculum unbundled the Bachelor of Agriculture, Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication and the Bachelor of Architecture Programmes, while establishing some emerging specializations in these fields as obtained globally.
The Allied Health Sciences was also carved out as a new Discipline from the existing Basic Medical Sciences discipline.
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