Mr. Ukah, who gave the assurance in his closing remarks at the closing ceremony of the workshop on curriculum revision and schemes of work development organised by his ministry, disclosed that implementation strategy for the recommendations would be carried out in January, 2021.
The Basic and Secondary Education Commissioner stated that a lot needed to be done in the development of education in Nigeria, adding that all hands must be on deck so as to take the education sector to enviable heights.
While saying that the essence of the curriculum review and development of the scheme of work was aimed at enriching their contents for the benefits of students.
He noted that the state Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, was irrevocably committed to giving education the priority attention it deserves, stressing that education was an indispensable tool for the advancement of any society.
In their separate remarks, representatives of the various teams including Prof. Peter Dania from the Faculty of Education, Delta State University, Abraka, Prof. Christiana Nkechi Omoifo of the University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, who presented on behalf of Science and Mathematics group, Prof. Kennedy Odu from the Department of Technical Education, Delta State University, Abraka, and Associate Prof. Uche Oboko from Madonna University, Okija, Anambra State, commended the state government for the initiative, saying that government should be reviewing the curriculum and scheme of work regularly.
They advocated for consistent team work and called on each and every participant, especially teachers, to improve on their relationship with the learners as well as strive to domesticate what have been learnt in their various schools in order to add value to the students, even as the stakeholders enjoined teachers to jointly prepare their lesson notes.
