A curator, Mr Samuel Olopade, has charged the Federal Ministry of Education to introduce compulsory museum visits in school curriculum, “as this will help students know about their history.” Mr Olopade stated this during an arts exhibition organised by ArtsisLife to celebrate the Easter festive season in Lagos. The curator lamented the manner in which the Ministry of Education removed History as a subject in secondary school, while admitting that it would make young Nigerians lose touch with their history.

“However, we can redeem the situation if those in charge of education in the country makes it compulsory for secondary school students to visit the museum at least twice before they finish their studies. “This will go a long way in making them know about their past. “History is just so important in the life of man, but since we no longer have History in our curriculum, we can make our young ones visit the museum to see what it was like in the past,” Olopade said. Earlier, the founder of ArtsisLife, Austin Agbede, said the organisation decided to come up with the exhibition to celebrate the Easter festive period because it would stimulate the creativity in our youths.

“Many youths will prefer to be at entertainment centres today, but coming for an exhibition like this will make the youth to think outside the box,” Agbede said. One of the participants, Tonia Joseph, said the one-day arts exhibition was able to develop her love for artistic creativity, “and even though I hope to become a medical doctor in the future, I will still practice it with arts,” she said. Arts & Review