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Nursery, Primary Pupils Nationwide To Learn Coding, Software Development- Presidency

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In a wider effort geared at developing the Nigerian human resources, the Federal Government has disclosed move to overhaul the Nigerian academic curriculum to accomodate 21st century skills.

The new curriculum will pay greater attention to Information and Communication Technology skills and knowledge.

According to the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, pre - primary school, primary and secondary level pupils will be exposed to code writing and software development.

Osinbajo who spoke at the 50th National Annual Conference of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria held in Abuja, this week, said world countries are experiencing paradigm shift from natural to human resources development .

He said his administration is braced to incorporate  educational development in its Economic Recovery and Growth Plan with special focus on science and technology.

He explained that  youths not enabled in Information and Communication Technology skills and knowledge will have no place in the foreable future.

Osinbajo said, “ The focus on primary and secondary education is on employability skills, especially technology. So our focus is on teaching young people from the primary, even pre- primary , school to use all the new techniques, especially code writing skills and software writing skills.

“ The new technologies that are developing everything we are seeing today clearly show that anyone in the coming generation will be left behind, if they are not equipped with the knowledge of cutting edge of technology or with a sound knowledge of technology , at least.

We believe that our educational system must incorporate that , which is why , with the new curriculum , a lot of attention is focused on science , technology , engineering and mathematics.”

“ For a country like Nigeria , which is highly dependent on oil, we need to remind our people that oil is a depleting asset.

The country ’ s large population, especially our young ones, is where its strength truly lies .”

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