THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE NEW BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM AND THE QUEST FOR QUALITY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
Keywords:
Basic education, Curriculum, Psychology, and Quality education.Abstract
The quest for quality education in Nigeria predates colonialism and its concomitant formal education. Organized and legally supported transformation in education which began from the 1920s down to the nascent educational package concocted in 2013 have just a common goal: that of achieving quality education that must meet with the prevailing global standard. The thrust of this submission is to appreciate how the current curriculum policy aligns to this all-time quest and x-rays how it has moved closer to this bid, especially in an era requiring paradigm shift skewed towards industrialism, entrepreneurship and self-sufficiency. On this basis, the paper offered some recommendations, among which is making manpower available to drive the system which would help sustain the psychology of the new basic education, the nucleus of human development.References
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