Green Curriculum in Nigerian Schools: Implementation Problems and Way Forward
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This paper examined the problems militating against effective implementation of Green Curriculum in the Nigerian schools. Secondary data were employed in the paper. The data were collected from print and online publications. Content analysis was used to select and limit the literatures to the minimum size. Poor funding, shortage of personnel, inadequate instructional resources, insecurity, corruption, poor capacity building programme and lack of road-map for the implementation of Green curriculum are some of the problems identified as militating against effective implementation of Green Curriculum in the Nigerian schools. To aid effective implementation of Green curriculum in the Nigerian schools, the paper recommends that government should provide special funding for the implementation of Green curriculum in the schools. More Green curriculum teachers should be employed and deploy to schools to aid full implementation of the curriculum. Green instructional resources should be provided by the government and private institutions to support effective green curriculum implementation in the schools. Government and international organization should partner to ensure effective capacity building programme are implemented for teachers implementing the Green curriculum in the Nigerian schools. Government should speedily come out with the Blue-print on Green school programme for Nigerian schools. This will help to support effective Green curriculum implementation in the schools. Government should deploy technology to fight against corruption in the administration of education in Nigeria. Government should provide adequate security in Nigeria and the schools by solving the unemployment problems and employing more security personnel to guild the schools.
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