A Bill for an Act to Amend the National Commission for Nomadic Education Act, Cap N20. Lfn, 2004 to Redefine the Concept of Nomadic Education to Cover all Categories of Nomads, to Redefine the Learning Methods and the Use of Relevant Teaching Aids and Improve the Funding of the Commission and for Related Matters, 2023

Abstract

This Bill seeks to amend sections 1,2,3,4,7,10,11, and 17 as well as the Long Title to the National Commission for Nomadic Education, Cap N20, LFN, 2004 (the "Principal Act") to define the concept of nomadic education to include all categories of nomads namely migrant fishermen, itinerant farmers, and pastoralists and any other person or group of persons that frequently move from one place to the other for legitimate means/reasons, and for among other reasons redefine the pedagogy and approaches to nomadic education under the Principal Act to include the use of formal, informal and non-formal systems and modern teaching aids that promote learning amongst nomads in tandem with modern realities.