The NERDC is an agency of the Federal Government that is charged with the responsibility of implementing educational policies in the country.
Said Adamu: “When my attention was drawn to the document, I called the Executive Secretary of NERDC and ask him why did I see this again, because immediately I saw this I called him and he assured me that he was going to act on it.” For instance, in other climes, the abolition of educational policies, including improvement/amendment to schools’ curricula ought to be outcome of rigorous brainstorming sessions and widespread consultations with stakeholders.
Presently recovering from the consequences of that untoward development, civil society groups, scholars, and stakeholders from diverse spectrums roundly condemned that action, and are still deploring the lingering consequences. “The specific goal of the programme is to reduce the number of out-of-school children to the barest minimum among the ranks of the disadvantaged, the marginalised, and those affected by crises, disasters, and other socio-economic factors,” Adamu had said.
As a matter of fact, contrary to what many Nigerian parents believe, a reasonable number of adolescents, especially females, have their maiden sexual encounter as early as 17.2 years, while their male counterparts average do so at about 21.7 years. According to the United Nations Population Fund, adolescent or teenage pregnancy, is a direct consequence of rising cases of child marriage in Nigeria.
Because of the constraints that ignorance-fuelled teenage pregnancy imposes on the country’s over-burdened health sector, and the educational backwardness that it subjects victims to, coupled with the centuries-long practice of Nigerian parents keeping sex and sexuality issues under the veil from their children and wards, giving teenage boys and girls full access to the sexuality knowledge is invaluable.
“The FLHE curriculum was approved by the same National Council on Education in 2002 because of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the constant rising incidents among adolescents and young people. It became imperative to adopt strategies that would centre this vulnerable group at the heart of prevention and response. One such strategy was the adaptation of the school curriculum.
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