Days after the Anambra State Government reintroduced history in schools, the Lagos State Government has done same.
The Lagos government ordered the reintroduction of History as “a stand-alone subject” into the basic and junior secondary schools in the state.
A memo addressed to private school owners and signed by the Director of Research at the Office of Education Quality Assurance of the Lagos State Ministry of Education, Pelumi E.I, said the new development is in line with the directives from the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC).
The memo added that the subject has been re-introduced in the National Curriculum and the current Lagos State Unified Schemes of Work for primary and junior secondary schools.
The government said the subject is compulsory for both primary and junior secondary classes but elective for senior secondary classes.
“You are to note that while the subject (History) is compulsory for both primary and junior secondary school classes, it is an elective subject in the senior secondary school,” the memo read in part.
“To this end, I am further directed to inform you that the subject should be taught in primaries 1 and 2 and JSS 1 and 2 classes in the 2022/2023 academic session.”
