UNN advocates functional curriculum to address societal problems

An education curriculum that will not only be functional, and also address the numerous challenges facing the country in all spheres of its development is being canvassed by scholars. This was

the main thrust of the three-day international workshop/conference, organised by the School of General Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) to tackle the conundrum.

While describing colonialism as not merely a system of exploration, but a system that had destroyed Africans and their cultural values, the conference stressed that without adequately redressing this, the future of the continent is at stake given the magnitude of cultural imperialism in the society. To the participants, what Nigeria needed is cultural values and law abiding citizens to tackle the political, economic and social problems plaguing the country at the movement.

Towards this end, the workshop called on tertiary institutions in the country to upgrade and streamline their curriculum in order that it would enhance sustainability and quality education for the youths and human dignity of African people.

The theme of the three-day workshop which proffered lasting solutions to the numerous challenges facing the country, was entitled: “General Studies in the 21st Century African Development.” While welcoming participants to the workshop, the Dean of School of General Studies, Prof. Apollonia Nwosu, said that despite the achievements the university recorded through the school, the management had invigorated efforts to embark on cutting-edge research in all fields of academic endeavour with appropriate innovation to address the current trends in “academic curriculum.”