NITDA: Nigerian Curriculum Needs Overhaul To Meet 21st-Century Needs
Technology tamfitronics DG NITDA Kashifu Shadow The director-general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)Kashifu Inuwa, is urging for an overhaul of curriculums across all levels to meet 21st-century digital skills.Mr Inuwa made the call on Friday during a meeting in Abuja with the management team of the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC)led by its executive secretary, Ismail Junaidu.The DG said the review would be in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which aims to create millions of jobs by leveraging digital technologies and achieving a digital literacy rate of 70 per cent by 2027.“Digital technology has an important role to play in the design of the curriculum, content and processes due to the evolution of technology.“Disruptive technology has substituted the way of doing things worldwide, of which Nigeria as...
