LAWMAKER LAUDS REINTRODUCTION OF HISTORY
LAWMAKER
LAUDS REINTRODUCTION OF HISTORY
A member of the
Osun State House of Assembly, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has praised the
Federal Government for reintroducing history into the primary and
secondary school curricular.
Oyintiloye told
reporters in Osogbo, the Osun State capital that history had been neglected at
both primary and secondary school levels.
The lawmaker said
teaching of History was essential to a nation and its citizens.
“I want to commend
the Minister of Education for inaugurating new curricular for history in
primary and secondary schools.
“No nation can
develop without teaching his young ones history; history reflects the past and
situates the present’
“Without
historians, we would not know much about our past, our heroes, our ancestors,
their heroic deeds or their epic mistakes.
“When pupils and
students learn about the values that built the country they live in, the wars
that were fought to protect certain ideals, the triumphs and failures of
different leaders and societies, they become better for it.
“They can better
understand how their own society was shaped, and what role they should play.
“With a knowledge
of history young people have the opportunity to learn from the tragic mistakes
of past individuals and societies, and to prevent the same mistakes being made
over again.”
The History
curriculum, unveiled by Education Minister, Adamu Adamu recently is
divided into three levels: Primary 1 -3 ( lower basic) , Primary 4- 6 ( middle
basic) and Junior Secondary School 1- 3 (Upper basic).
Oyintiloye, the
House Committee Chairman on Information and Strategy, said the new
curriculum would awaken the consciousness of Nigeria’s unity in the minds
of upcoming generations.
