NIGERIA CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION MINIMUM STANDARDS (2020 EDITION)
The central purpose for the institution of the social studies as a core subject in the basic school programme is to ensure the development of responsible citizenship. The subject is geared towards equipping young people with the requisite knowledge, appropriate skills, values and attitudes necessary to making critical and informed decisions in a culturally diverse society such as Nigeria. In the light of which, the NCE social studies curriculum is designed with the appropriate philosophy, content and methodology that is geared towards equipping a crop of teachers who are academically and professionally competent with the desirable values and attitudes to undertake this task. The fundamental focus of social studies is man and his complex relationships in the world around and beyond him. The NCE Social Studies curriculum attempts to instill in its products the basic knowledge, desirable values, and skills for investigating, analyzing and explaining these interrelationships.
The programme is designed to achieve the following:
Additional requirements: In addition to the General Admission Requirements for NCE programmes, candidate with SSC wishing to read Social Studies must have a credit in any two of the following subjects:
COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | CREDIT | STATUS |
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NCE YEAR 1 FIRST SEMESTER | |||
SOS 111 | Foundations of Social Studies | 2 | C |
SOS 112 | Man and His Social Environment | 2 | C |
SOS 113 | Man and His Physical Environment | 2 | C |
NCE YEAR 1 SECOND SEMESTER | |||
SOS 121 | Introduction to NERDC National Curriculum for Social Studies | 2 | C |
SOS 122 | Nigeria as a nation | 2 | C |
SOS 123 | Man and his Economic Activities | 2 | C |
NCE YEAR 2 FIRST SEMESTER | |||
SOS 211 | Nigerian Political Life | 2 | C |
NCE YEAR 2 SECOND SEMESTER | |||
SOS 221 | Issues and problems of National Development and Modernization | 2 | C |
SOS 222 | Citizenship Education | 2 | C |
SOS 223 | Social services and social change in Nigeria | 2 | C |
NCE YEAR 3 FIRST SEMESTER | |||
Teaching Practice | 6 | C | |
Project | 3 | C | |
NCE YEAR 3 SECOND SEMESTER | |||
SOS 321 | Population and Family Life Education | 2 | C |
SOS 323 | Social Institutions | 2 | C |
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