Transition from the 6-3-3-4 to the 9-3-4 System of Education in Nigeria: An Assessment of Its Implementation on Technology Subjects

Uwaifo, V. O.; Uddin, P. S. O.

doi:10.1080/09737189.2009.11885280

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“…The need for this switch was based on the policy framework and objective envisaged to be achieved by each system. The primary goal of the conventional 6-3-3-4 system was to provide educational needs of citizenry and equipping the youths with sellable skills that will make them to be self-reliant [2]. However, the new 9-3-4 system aimed at developing curriculum that would meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2020.The policy shift has been fully achieved.…”

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Embracing the future of engineering education in Nigeria: teaching and learning challenges

2018

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There has been a wide advocacy around the adoption of better teaching methods for Engineering Education in Nigeria, more especially with the advent of information and telecommunication technologies. However, compared with what was applicable, about 40 to 50 years ago, little has changed in the country in relation to classroom teaching and learning, use of teaching aids, and laboratory works among others. The general concept of the Nigerian education system and the role of engineering in the educational system are examined in this paper. It also examines the present Nigerian engineering teaching style and outputs, some of the challenges being faced by engineering education in Nigeria especially in relation to teaching and learning highlighted. The work proposes some changes that would make engineering education better in Nigeria while showing that sustainable engineering education development for the future engineering education lies in a modified teaching-learning approach guided by real-world problems.

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“…These shows how important Nigerians all over the world value education. The current Nigeria education structure is based on 9-3-4 system commonly referred to as the Universal Basic Education (UBE) [2]. This has been introduced to replace the old 6-3-3-4 system introduced in 1983.…”

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“…The system of education is also referred to as the 9-3-4 system which replaced the previous practice known as the 6-3-3-4 system [1]. The commencement of the 9-3-4 system of education is dated back to the year 2006 [2]. The beneficiary of the system is expected to have a mandatory 9 years of basic education up to JSS 3, 3 years in the senior secondary school, and another minimum of 4 years in the tertiary school [2].…”

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A Decision Support System for Subject Area Selection for Students Transiting from Junior Secondary School to Senior Secondary School

Aziken

Emovon

2021

SN COMPUT. SCI.

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The majority of Junior Secondary School (JSS 3) students find it extremely challenging to select the most appropriate subject area for Senior Secondary School 1(SSS 1) due to diverse conflicting decision criteria such as friends and parents' influence in the decision-making process. The decision problem is extremely important for the students and the society at large because making the wrong choice may negatively affect the students' academic performance at the senior secondary school level and the tertiary school level. To assist students in making the appropriate choice for their future career development a decision support system based on the VIKOR method is presented. The technique has substantial mathematical calculation and to make the use of the tool simple it was implemented in PHP programming language. The decision support system software was tested with an example of a JSS 3 student transiting to SSS1 subject area selection problem. Three alternative subject areas: science, social science, and art are considered. The performance of the three subject areas was evaluated with respect to five decision criteria: student academic performance, parents influence, student interest, career prospect, and friends/peers' influence. The result of the analysis showed that science is the best subject area for the student. The developed software is flexible as it can solve multicriteria decision problem with numerous alternatives and decision criteria. The decision support system software was further validated by using it to analyse a decision problem in the literature previously solved with a TOPSIS based license software. The analysis showed that the decision support system software produces the same result as the TOPSIS based license software.

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“…An overview of the colonial educational system provided, revealed gross inadequacy and unsatisfactory to the educational ingenuity, yearnings and aspirations of the nation. Thus many scholars opined that this formal educations was -parochial, elitist, regurgitate and irresponsive to the need and aspirations of the Nigerian society [1]. In view of these, an effort to put quality into the Nigerian Education resulted in instituting a well define educational system that will be instrumental in affecting national development.…”

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Guidance and Counseling in Nigerian Secondary Schools: The Role of ICT

Oye¹,

Ch²,

Mohd³

et al. 2012

IJMECS

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-The importance of guidance and counseling programme in secondary schools, include bringing to the students an increased understanding of the educational, vocational and social information needed to make wise choices. In our society there are many influencing forces responsible for the gradual recognition of formal guidance to young people in various educational levels. This review paper focuses on the role of ICT on guidance and counseling in secondary schools. Counseling is a form of education, which the students receive from their counselors. The essence of incorporating guidance and counseling into the school system was to eliminate overwhelming ignorance of many young people on their choices of career prospects and personality maladjustment among school children. The role of ICT in guidance can be seen in three ways: as a tool, as an alternative, or as an agent of change. The growth of websites and help lines as forms of technically mediated service delivery means that the potential of ICT as a change agent is now greater than ever before. The telephone, websites and e-mail, alongside face-to-face facilities, could be alternative services; or they could be portals into a wide, flexible and well-harmonized network of services. The paper recommends that principals should make provision for guidance and counseling on the school time table. Most importantly secondary school ICT adoption should be encouraged by the ministry of education.

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Transition from the 6-3-3-4 to the 9-3-4 System of Education in Nigeria: An Assessment of Its Implementation on Technology Subjects

Cited by 18 publications

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Embracing the future of engineering education in Nigeria: teaching and learning challenges

Embracing the future of engineering education in Nigeria: teaching and learning challenges

A Decision Support System for Subject Area Selection for Students Transiting from Junior Secondary School to Senior Secondary School

Guidance and Counseling in Nigerian Secondary Schools: The Role of ICT

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