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       Restore Teaching of History in Schools -An Editorial
   DIR By: Ebenezer
       Date: July 29, 2013, 7:39 am
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       One of the greatest mistakes evermade by Nigeria's education
       planners is the removal of the teaching of history from the
       school curriculum. Today, children grow up without understanding
       the various components that make up their country and how those
       components evolved. They are unable to appreciate the various
       cultures in their country because they have been denied formal
       access to information about theirpast.
       Even in those "uncivilized" days oforal tradition, our
       forefathers ensured that their children were taught family
       history because it was believed that a child had to know who he
       was to be able to fit into the society. Our so-called modern
       civilisation has made us redefine our world view to reflectwhere
       we are going rather than where we are coming from. It is as if
       our society suddenly dropped onto Planet Earth - no past, no
       trajectory, just a mere bolt out of the blue.
       Without a sound understanding of the past, we would find it
       difficult to fathom how present challenges evolved and how we
       might be able to devise solutions to them. History is also a
       conveyor of a society's mores and values. How are our children
       supposed to internalise the values of integrity, tolerance and
       hard work which are celebrated in the history of our various
       peoples but which are totally lacking in our public service
       today? Some may argue that the past is fixed and that nobody
       canchange what has gone before. While that is true, it is also
       correctto say that the knowledge of knowing what went before can
       inform decisions on how to conduct affairs today in order notto
       make the same mistakes madein times past.
       Those who fail to learn from history are bound to repeat its
       errors. Ask any primary or secondary school child today about
       the Kanem-Borno Empire, the Oyo Empire, Nupe Kingdom, Oba
       Ovonramwen, King Jaja, the Hausa states or the republican Igbo
       societies and he or she is likely to draw blank. The only
       stories that get embedded in the psyche of our children these
       daysare stories of graft, terrorism, armed robbery and treachery
       in high places. Because we have done away with history our
       children have been denied the benefit of making contact with the
       authentic heroes of our culture. They now have to look abroad
       for inspiration.
       Mercifully, it is not too late to make amends. The strident
       voice of our past is still ringing in the ears of those who care
       to listen. We must restore the teaching of history in our school
       curriculum. And we must not let foreigners write our history for
       us again. Our children must understand where they are coming
       from so that they can know where they are going.
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