COMPONENT OF BASIC EDUCATION (Revised); ONIBOKUN SAMSON O.

COMPONENT OF BASIC EDUCATION

Objectives:

By the end of the training, trainee should be able to;

1.      Explain the origin and meaning of UBE

2.      Discuss the modern curriculum of UBE

Introduction:

The Universal Basic Education (UBE) was birthed in year 1999 following the Olusegun Obasanjo regime as the President of the country. The introduction of the modern education brought about new trends in the Nigerian education, which encouraged the amendment of educational curriculums in the country.

Not all schools are making positive use of this new system of education. The former was 6-3-3-4 educational system, meaning; 6years in the primary, 3years in the junior secondary school, 3years in the senior secondary school, and 4years in the tertiary. However, the modern system is 9-3-4, meaning; 9years in the basic education, 3years in the senior secondary school, and 4years in the tertiary.

The UBE assumes that the primary and junior secondary education should be a stretch and adequate provision was made for it the division is below.

OLD SYSTEM	MODERN SYSTEM
PRY. 1-6	Basic 1-3 (Lower Basic) Basic 4-6 (Middle Basic)
JSS. 1-3	Basic 7-9 (Upper Basic)
SSS. 1-3	SSS. 1-3

BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM

BASIC 1-3:

S/N	Subject	Expansion
1.	English Language	1.      Reading And Comprehension 2.      Composition 3.      Literature In English
2.	Mathematics	1.      Numbering 2.      Calculations
3.	Nigerian Language	1.      Hausa 2.      Ibo 3.      Yoruba
4.	Basic Science And Technology (BST)	1.      Basic Science
5.	Religion And National Values (RNV)	1.      Social Studies 2.      Civic Education 3.      Christian Religion Studies 4.      Security Education
6.	Cultural And Creative Arts (CCA)	1.      Drawing 2.      Music 3.      Writing
7.	Arabic Language	1.      Optional
8.	Pre-Vocational Studies	1.      Vocational Studies
8.	Others	1.      Quantitative Reasoning 2.      Verbal Reasoning 3.      Home Economics 4.      Physical and Health Education 5.      Agricultural Science 6.      Computer Studies (ICT)

BASIC 4-6:

S/N	Subject	Expansion
1.	English Language	1.      Reading And Comprehension 2.      Composition 3.      Literature In English
2.	Mathematics	1.      Numbering 2.      Calculations
3.	Nigerian Language	1.      Hausa 2.      Ibo 3.      Yoruba
4.	Basic Science And Technology	1.      Basic Science
5.	Religion And National Values	1.      Social Studies 2.      Civic Education 3.      Christian Religion Studies 4.      Security Education
6.	Cultural And Creative Arts	1.      Drawing 2.      Music 3.      Writing
7.	Arabic Language	1.      Optional
8.	Pre-Vocational Studies	1.      Vocational Studies
9.	Others	1.      Quantitative Reasoning 2.      Verbal Reasoning 3.      Home Economics 4.      Physical and Health Education 5.      Agricultural Science 6.      Computer Studies (ICT)

BASIC 7-9:

S/N	Subject	Expansion
1.	English Language	1.      Reading And Comprehension 2.      Composition 3.      Literature In English
2.	Mathematics	1.      Numbering 2.      Calculations
3.	Nigerian Language	1.      Hausa 2.      Ibo 3.      Yoruba
4.	Basic Science And Technology (BST)	1.      Basic Science 2.      Basic Technology
5.	Religion And National Values (RNV)	1.      Social Studies 2.      Civic Education 3.      Christian Religion Studies
6.	Cultural And Creative Arts (CCA)	1.      Drawing 2.      Music
7.	Arabic Language	1.      Optional
8.	Pre-Vocational Studies	1.      Vocational Studies
9.	Business Studies	1.      Business Enterprise 2.      Office Practice
10.	International Language	1.      French 2.      Spanish 3.      Latin
11.	Others	1.      Home Economics 2.      Physical and Health Education 3.      Agricultural Science 4.      Computer Studies (ICT)

Onibokun Samson O.

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