Review of the National Universities Commission’s New Curriculum for Nigerian Universities, in the Area of Political Science and Comparism with The Old Curriculum

To meet the challenges of 21st century realities in educational advancement worldwide, the Nigerian Universities Commission, in line with the objectives of education in Nigeria, has introduced new programmes into the Nigerian University system. The NUC in December 2022, in order to unbundle academic program of universities and make them more practically oriented for skill acquisition, came up with the new Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) to replace the old curriculum known as “the Benchmark for Minimum Academics Standards (BMAs). Other compelling reasons included the need to update the standard and relevance of university education in the country as well as to integrate entrepreneurial studies and peace and conflict studies as essential new platforms that will guarantee all graduates from Nigerian universities the knowledge and appropriate skills, competencies and dispositions that will make them globally competitive and capable of contributing meaningfully to Nigeria’s socioeconomic development. This paper addressed the contents of the new curriculum, which is regarded as a core curriculum, the changes and new courses introduced, the unbundling of some courses and comparison with the old curriculum (BMAs) in the area of political science and made suggestions.