In 2022, NUC said it already developed CCMAS to replace BMAS- the curriculum guide for Nigerian universities, which had been in use since 2007.
has criticised the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards recently introduced by the National Universities Commission .
The CCMAS also expanded BMAS from 12 to 17 disciplines to reposition the system to reflect the realities of the 21st century. NUC added that CCMAS would make up 70 per cent of the curriculum while the university decides what to include in the remaining 30 per cent.In a statement issued on Friday and signed by its President, Emmanuel Osodeke, a professor of Soil Science, noted that NUC should accept proposed innovations from the universities “instead of the top-to-bottom model used for the CCMAS.”
ASUU wrote: “However, some university Senates did not hide their displeasure with the ongoing efforts to impose CCMAS on Nigerian universities by the NUC. For instance, at the Special Meeting of the University of Ibadan Senate held on 16th June 2023, it was observed that “the ratio of 70 to 30 per cent recommended does not permit the exhibition of the uniqueness of disciplines across institutions”.
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