Human Rights Education in Nigeria: Implementations, of Social Studies Curriculum

Abstract

This is a literature based paper that looked at the role of social studies curriculum in teaching, promoting and advocating for human rights in Nigeria. This paper discussed the meaning of human rights education, in Nigeria. The paper also discussed the implementation of social studies curriculum in education. Human rights is a fundamental human rights and essential for the exercise of all other human rights. Human rights education is the learning process that seeks, to build up knowledge, values and proficiency in the rights that each person is entitled to understand human rights education as a right. Education is not a privilege. Human rights education means the rights to education which is guaranteed for all. The writers concluded by saying that since human rights education is a programme that includes both process dimension and content of social studies primary responsibility is to develop reflective citizens. The paper explained the need for effective implementation of social studies curriculum in Nigeria schools cannot be over emphasized. It also discussed the level of social studies curriculum had been should be effectively implemented in Nigeria schools. The teachers’ qualification, training and retraining of teachers’ and professionals in implementation of social studies curriculum to expose teachers knowledge and impact.