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Innovative curriculum describes the creative initiatives in curriculum planning and implementation processes by learners, teachers and curriculum specialist. It is a curriculum which represents a world class curriculum; such a curriculum is defined by its principles, skills and values to be taught to students. The polytechnic education in Nigeria is geared towards providing middle-level manpower to man the various sectors of the Nigeria economy. Polytechnic education is regulated by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), whose aims among others are to supervise polytechnics and to provide standardized minimum guide curricula for the training of students. The curriculum which is currently in use in some of the programmes for ND and HND were handed over to the Polytechnics for implementation since 2004 and many of the curriculum used in various programmes have not been reviewed for the past 16 years. This situation cannot enhance innovation in the polytechnic education since change is known as the only permanent thing. To meet up with the required standard, a review of the polytechnic curriculum which will bring additional innovation is advocated so as to achieve a curriculum that represents a world class curriculum. The curriculum should be learner centered and competency based. To achieve the objectives of the polytechnic curriculum, the national aim, institution aim and the objectives in the classroom must complement each other. The teacher who is the agent in curriculum implementation process must work in tandem with the general objectives in order to impact meaningfully on the learners. It was concluded that curriculum holds an outstanding place when seeking to promote innovation in education. It was recommended that NBTE should be more proactive in order to refocus Polytechnic education to meet international standard and that management of Polytechnics should endeavor to provide the right manpower, instructional materials, laboratories, workshops and other infrastructural amenities that will aid learning among others.

ACHIEVING CURRICULUM INNOVATION IN POLYTECHNIC EDUCATION IN NIGERIA FOR CREATIVITY