The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja launched e-curriculum portal to aid teaching and learning for senior secondary schools in thecountry.
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Launching the e-curriculum portal, the Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, commended the initiative of the designers.
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The portal was conceived by the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), and SIDMACH Technologies Nigeria Limited.
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Wike said that the introduction of the portal was in line with the deployment of Information Communication Technology in the Education Policy of the Federal Government.
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He said that the e-curriculum portal was initiated to address the shortage of the prescribed national curricula in schools.
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"The NERDC e-curriculum portal is a web-based, efficient and effective curriculum management solution for primary and secondary schools.
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"This solution will provide digital access to school curricula, provision of sample teaching resources for teachers to prepare lesson notes, provision of sample learning materials for the learners.
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"Provision of content management structure for aiding learner resources, students' access to learner resources, and access to modules for various stakeholders' participation in the utilisation of the e-curriculum materials.
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"The portal will provide the teachers across Nigeria to compare notes learn new methods of teaching, build capacity through collaborative teaching resources provided on the portal from time to time.
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"The e-curriculum portal will be uploaded with teachers' guide, scheme of work, sample lesson plans, teacher's notes, e-Learning resources, e- books and suggested learning resources.''
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He called on stakeholders in the curriculum implementation at various government levels, including the private educational institutions, to support the project and further strengthen the quality of the education sector.