Primary school vocational skills commence January 2025
Abdullateef Fowewe
Nigeria is set to implement a new primary school curriculum requiring students to learn at least two vocational skills, including plumbing and event management beginning in January 2025.
This was revealed in a statement by the Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, on Tuesday.
The initiative according to Olusegun aims to combat unemployment by preparing young learners for various trades across multiple sectors.
It said, “The new primary school curriculum expected to take effect from January 2025 will require pupils in primary schools to learn at least two skills which include plumbing, hairstyling and other vocational skills.
“The newly introduced subjects fall under the vocational and entrepreneurship studies framework, which has been designed to expose pupils to various trades across multiple sectors.
“The initiative covers different sectors for example under construction, you have plumbing, tiling, flooring, and POP installation.
Under hospitality and leisure, you have event decoration and management etc.
“GSM repair, CCTV installation, and solar photovoltaic installation all fall under the service sector while the Agricultural sector has skills like crop production, beekeeping, horticulture, sheep and goat farming, as well as poultry and rabbit farming.”
The curriculum will also teach digital literacy as a core subject, teaching IT and robotics skills.
“Digital literacy will also be incorporated as a core subject in addition to vocational training where IT, robotics and other digital skills will be taught in classes to beginners as a basic skill. This drive is part of an overall shift by the current administration to ensure quality education and skill acquisition that will breed a new generation of Nigerians to be taught from basic levels.
“A reminder that older generations are currently enrolled in skills like SUPA initiative, 3MTT and NATEP to drive skill acquisition among the general populace.”
“With this new curriculum, every child that passes through school would have learnt a minimum of two skills before turning an adult as Nigeria seeks to curb her high level of unemployment and reduce unemployability drastically,” Olusegun had written.
