Ikpeazu advocates for inclusion of civic, cultural studies in school curriculum

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has advocated for the restructuring of the curriculum of both primary and secondary schools in the country to accommodate civic and cultural studies.

This, he noted, will help bring about the needed reorientation of the country’s value system leading to a holistic growth, socially and psychologically.

Speaking at Government House, Umuahia when the senior executive course 38 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, who were in the state on a study tour, the governor said this was necessary to change people’s orientation about their socio-cultural inclinations through education and sensitisation.

He appreciated the mandate of members of course 38 of NIPSS to undertake research on poverty reduction as this would help address the problem, which was the root of many other social ills in the society including criminality and corruption.

Ikpeazu commended President Muhammadu Buhari for bringing the issue of poverty to the fore and expressed the hope that Abia State would be useful to the participants.

Earlier, the team leader of the group, Nasirudeen Usman, who said that the theme of their study was “Strengthening institutional mechanism for poverty reduction and inclusive development” maintained that “the institute runs an intensive 10-month programme every year while participants were expected to dialogue, research and study key national issues and advise the government.”

He said five other groups were in different parts of the country on study tour and expressed the hope that their visit would be mutually beneficial to the state and NIPSS.