Anambra Govt To Re-introduce History In Schools’ Curriculum Next Term

 Anambra Govt To Re-introduce History In Schools’ Curriculum Next Term Anambra State Government has said it will re-introduce History in the...

 Anambra Govt To Re-introduce History In Schools’ Curriculum Next Term

Anambra State Government has said it will re-introduce History in the academic curriculum of schools in the state, with effect from the next academic session.

The State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh disclosed this while interacting with Education Secretaries of Anglican and Catholic Dioceses in her office at Jerome Udoji Secretariat, Awka.

Various sections of the society had criticized the removal of the subject in the schools’ academic curriculum by federal  government, as a careful ploy to coming generations of some parts of the country to lose sight of ill-treatment meted out against them. They believed the action by Federal government is to erase what they perceived as mass genocide of people of the then Biafran region during the Nigerian Civil War that happened between 1966 to 1970.

Addressing her guests, the Anambra commissioner said History as a subject has made a comeback in schools but with a slight adjustment, as the history of Igbo man dating from pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial eras has been included in the scheme.

 “The present administration thought it wise to adopt this strategy because Igbo heritage is on the blink of extinction.

“Books on the subject will be out before the next academic session which begins in September this year.

“The present administration is looking at bringing wholesome and valued-based literature books to the classrooms; the next academic session will witness a lot of changes for the good of Anambra students and teachers,” she said.