According to the Lagos government, history classes will no longer be optional for pupils in the state’s elementary and junior secondary schools.
The state ministry of education announced on Saturday that it had mandated history for students in the aforementioned classes in schools all around the state.
However, it said that senior secondary schools would offer the course as an elective.
It claimed that its most recent action was in accordance with instructions from the Nigerian Education Research and Development Council (NERDC).
“I have the directive of the OG (OEQA) to inform you that the teaching of History as a standalone subject is back to schools,” the ministry’s statement read in part.
“The subject has been re-introduced in the national curriculum and in the current Lagos state unified schemes of work for primary and junior secondary schools.
“You are to note that while the subject (History) is compulsory for both primary and junior secondary school classes, it is an elective subject in the senior secondary school.
“To this end, I am further directed to inform you that the subject should be taught in primaries 1 and 2 and JSS 1 and 2 classes in the 2022/2023 academic session.”
For a while now, the study of history has been largely eliminated from the curricula of many primary and secondary schools.
As part of social studies and civil education, a few historical topics are frequently covered in passing.
