The National Institute for Sports (NIS) has partnered with the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) in an effort to update its curriculum to align with global best practices.
During a courtesy visit to the National Board for Technical Education, the NIS DG emphasized the importance of the partnership in developing a 21st-century curriculum that will comply with international best practices.
Comrade Philip Shaibu, the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Institute for Sports, stated in his speech that it is crucial for the organization to collaborate with organizations, especially the National Board for Technical Education, in order to revamp its coaching programs, including skill development programs.
As a supervisory agency for all of our curriculum and skill development, we are here to work with you.
And one of the main reasons we are here is to comprehend and identify new areas that NIS needs to pursue in terms of curriculum modification and skill development.
Since I became NIS’s Director General, we have determined that we must revamp not only the organization’s architecture but also its core mission, which is training and skill development.
You are aware that NIS is tasked with training elite athletes and coaches in a variety of sports as well as the management personnel of the sport ecosystem. Therefore, we have significant responsibilities outside of the academic program, such as the technical aspects of athlete training, and we are all burdened with the NIS.
According to Comrade Shaibu, the NIS has created a 10-year strategic plan in accordance with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which will help situate the institute among the top sports institutions in the world.
When I was appointed, we had to examine how to reposition NIS in terms of its mandate. Upon reviewing it, I saw many holes, and we concluded that we needed to make plans in order to succeed. As a result, we formed a team to develop a plan for returning NIS to its fundamental purpose. We’ve been able to create what we call the roadmap plan, which is a 10-year strategy plan for NIS. One of the main goals we need to accomplish is to update and possibly replace some of our curriculum to reflect modern methods and learning in order to compete on a worldwide scale.
NIS was the only institution in all of Africa when it was founded in 1904, and other African nations came to Nigeria to train their coaches, but things gradually declined. We are currently working to restore not just its former splendor but also its status as Africa’s top athletic institution.
Speaking on behalf of the National Board for Technical Education’s Executive Secretary, Professor Idris Bugaje, Special Assistant to the Executive Secretary and Director of Special Duties, Professor Diya’udeen Bashir Hassan, argues that the new partnership between the two parties will produce the desired outcome, pointing out that one of the board’s primary mandates is skills development, and that NBTE will be the best organization to carry out this mission.
In order to guarantee the advancement of both parties and the nation as a whole, Prof. Bugaje further pledged that other areas of interest between the NBTE and the NIS will be investigated.
“The board and the NIS have many areas of interest, not just for the two agencies but also for the country as a whole.” As you are aware, he will discuss the influence of the National Institute of Sports on the country’s landscape later. In the process, certain actions have been taken that relate to training, skills, and several other activities carried out by the NBTE.
