The Federal government has approved a new academic curriculum for all schools in Nigeria.
The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman made this known after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Monday.
According to him, the curriculum, which will commence in October this year, will incorporate knowledge, values and skills to prepare students for entrepreneurial future.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris said Council also approved the set up of the National Citizens Value Brigade across primary and secondary schools to raise role models and ambassadors that the Nigerian nation seeks.
The Minister stated that the Council gave approvals to several changes in the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation policies to strengthen the national value system, adding that the Council also approved the inclusion of a national value charter to be made mandatory in basic and post-basic school curriculum.
