The National Curriculum specifies that primary school children should work towards mastering handwriting that is fluent, legible and, eventually, speedy. There are specific targets for each year group. In Year 1, pupils should be taught to: Sit correctly at the table, holding a pencil comfortably and correctly.

The new system consists of three-year parts: Lower basic (Primary education, 1-3 grades), Middle basic (Primary education, 4-6 grades) and Upper basic (Junior Secondary School (JSS), 1-3 grades). Each part had a curriculum, which was comprised of 10 to 16 separate subjects.

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The 10+2 structure of school curricula is to be replaced by a 5+3+3+4 curricular structure corresponding to ages 3-8, 8-11, 11-14, and 14-18 years respectively. The new system will have 12 years of schooling with three years of Anganwadi or pre-schooling.

The new national curriculum requires schools to teach children to apply phonic knowledge and skills as the route to decode words. This enabled schools with key stage 1 pupils to embed and refine their teaching of phonics, and supported catch-up work for key stage 2 pupils.

In Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, the responsibility of education is shared between the federal, state and local governments. The country requires nine years of mandatory education, six years of primary and three years of junior secondary. …

The curriculum that is reflected by the assessment or evaluation of the learners is called the Assessed Curriculum. It includes both formative and summative evaluation of learners conducted by teachers, schools, or external organizations.

A very important part of curriculum implementation is that the teacher should consider carefully the order in which learning targets should be learnt. With the pre-requisite skills of the children known, the teacher can then design learning materials to help them achieve the target skills.

The new NEP is based on four pillars which are Access, Equity, Quality, and Accountability. In this new policy, there will be a 5+3+3+4 structure which comprises 12 years of school and 3 years of Anganwadi/ pre-school replacing old 10+2 structure..

Basic Features of the Revised 9-Year Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) a. Core subjects are English Studies, one Nigerian Language, Mathematics, Basic Science and Technology, Religion and National Values, Cultural and Creative Arts, Pre-Vocational Studies, French and Business Studies.

Following this, in 2008 the Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) developed and introduced the 9-Year Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) in schools by realigning all extant Primary and Junior Secondary School Curricula to meet the key targets of the UBE programme.

Hence the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) recognizes that Nigeria’s economy could only be transformed and sustained through education that empowers the people and assures the technological development of the country. No wonder education is a foundational component of Nigeria Transformation Agenda and Vision 202020.

Following the decision of the Federal Government of Nigeria to introduce the Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme in September 1988, the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) re-structured and re-aligned all extant primary and Junior Secondary School (JSS) curricula into 9-Year Basic Education Curriculum for