DIGITALIZED CURRICULUM IN BASIC EDUCATION: TOWARDS EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper looked at the relevance of digitalized .curriculum, its ease and effectiveness at actualizing the basic education programme in Nigeria; and this informs national development. The author is of the opinion that the basic education which is a mandatory nine years academic programme is an imperative for encouraging mass literacy and numeracy, requisite skills for job creation , and avenue for educational opportunity for a long-life learning for the out of school for formal and non-formal education .However, the paper observes that given the economic realities in Nigeria and its challenge to a regular teacher-student classroom method of service delivery ; the actualization of the basic education programme in Nigeria might become a mirage and the intended skills and job creation that would have been encouraged through the programme and the attended sustainable development in Nigeria elusive. Based on the observations, the author maintains that the digitalized curriculum is a preferable educational approach to achieve sustainable development in Nigeria through the basic education programme ; given the versatility and adaptability of the digitalized curriculum to many and varied learners . The author observes some challenges , such, as power supply, network coverage, finance for data subscription among others as major setback to f implementing the digitalized curriculum in Nigeria .Based on the observed challenges , the author made some suggestions that will be of help to effectively implement the digitalized curriculum at the basic education level to achieve sustainable development in Nigeria .