Pavore9:


We don't even have capacity for French because many public schools don't even have teacher and should not even have been made, one chosen between the 2! But if the government wants Mandarin to be an option, I tell you for a fact the Chinese government will be "over willing" to send down thousands of their people to come teach in our schools!


Just like way back in S.S S we had the option to choose one of Food and Nutrition/Clothing and Textile/ Home Economics/Agricultural science. I grudgingly chose Agric science but dropped it like hot potatoes in S.S.2! As I didn't like it! and my school overlooked my not doing any of the four.

Most paents who are not Muslims will not feel comfortable with their children taking Arabic studies because of the perception that is the language tied to Islam.

SAVEDBABA:
So Yoruba, French and other languages the Bible was written is like head and neck abi..... issorit

israelmao:
Arabic studies in whom benefit and for what?Some people can't just put two and two together logically.Why not other Nigerian languages?

mapet:



He has more than a point. He is speaking the ABSOLUTE TRUTH

SAVEDBABA:
English nor French as you mentioned do not have any religous Affiliation, so dont try to associate them with Christianity Arabic on the other has religious affiliation,so thats the issue on ground and that is a concern to Nigerians especially Christian and by the way i did Arabic language in Jss 2 so i know.

grandlexuz:


You mean Arabic is the most widely spoken language in all of Africa? Lol On the contrary it is not amongst the ten most spoken languages in Africa. Do your research before your brandish your ignorance on social media..

prettyboi1989:

who dash arabic fourth most spoken language? this list below contain the most spoken language of the world by number of speakers

Sapiosexuality:
Yeah. But I don't agree with the part that equates it to BH. I've known Nigeria so well that such response from CAN and members is not as silly as the equation suggests.

alBHAGDADI:
Did you pass through a government owned school or one of those mushroom 2 classrooms schools? If you had passed through a public school, you will know that students get flogged like criminals for something as little as not doing an assignment, how much more rejecting to offer a subject.

We are yet to study the over 200 languages which are indigenous to Nigeria, yet some shady people in government with an evil agenda want us to start studying Arabic, a language that hasn't benefitted the Arabs themselves.

As for those who have been deceived to think there is no imagination plot, pls think again. It will all move from just the study of Arabic to making Arabic the language franca in Nigeria.

"Oh, it can never happen". But they are already taking the first steps.

No evil agenda against the children of the Living God will succeed. Must Just as David destroyed the camp of the Philistines, so shall their camp be destroyed.

SAVEDBABA:
English nor French as you mentioned do not have any religous Affiliation, so dont try to associate them with Christianity Arabic on the other has religious affiliation,so thats the issue on ground and that is a concern to Nigerians especially Christian and by the way i did Arabic language in Jss 2 so i know.

SaulRazor:


I am against it because modern christians have become to docile and this is allowing Islam to grow instead of dying like it should and allowing such weak and docile christian learn that Trojan language called Arabic will be tantamount to trying to get christian extinct..Just imagine a world with only Muslims it will be like hell I tell you

" I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."

AyeeIdris:


Actually Arabic is the 4th most spoken language in the world. Spanish, English, HindI and Arabic........in that order

Benekruku:


And our Nigerian businessmen called pastors have started heating the polity when they absolutely lacked insight!

The Bible already said "Wisdom is divine"

abdulkayus:


FYI, Arabic studies was not introduced by the buhari regime. Arabic and French has been offered for long time as I can remember. I don't know when they introduce it bt I was it was an optional subject for us to choose when I started my secondary school in the 90s. So, i am surprised when I read the false information travelling around that PMB is d one that introduce Arabic. Lol.
And FYI also, CRK was nt cancelled. Both IRS and CRS were collapsed with other subjects like Civic education, social studies and security studies into a single subject called National values and security. The CRK theme will be offered to the christain while the IRS theme will be offered to the Muslims. Bt the rest will be taught together. The same thing happens with home economics and agricultural science, the merged them into one subject. And all these happens during GEJ time nt PMB time

The fact that every single person on this thread passionately defending "Arabic Studies" is a muslim tells me everything I need to know about the obvious relationship between Arabic and Islamism.

Lilimax:
I can't imagine Arabic language being taught in Public schools in Anambra state
They better stop that rubbish

ollah1:


Exactly what i said earlier and what mapet said.


INTOLERANCE !!

GEJPosterity:

Lots of words, but did not address what I said.

sirfee:
I appreciate your sincerity and maturity,do you know that we have different foreign schools in Nigeria.Here on the island in Lagos,we have Italian,Dutch etc schools.A serious and active government can partner with these schools to help and educate her people.On the contrary,a failed country like Nigeria would rather sponsor her citizens to Jerusalem or Mecca.The Arabic,English or French teachers didn't fall from heaven.Good morning.

ephi123:
Take Tolu Ogunlesi seriously at your detriment.

Hungry mofos that will say anything to justify their pay, you see their likes all over the place here as well. Men with no honour.

Anyway, as for the topic, WE SAY NO TO ARABIC. Full stop.

Lilimax:

Arabic is an Islamic language and we don;t want it period!
Confine it to your Arabic schools and don't Islamise our kids

goodnews777:
ISLAMIC studies has not contributed to nothing but trouble. In all developed and industrialized countries it's a none starter. It's not in the curriculum in America, Canada EUROPE, Australia , Japan, China,India. Yet these are the most industrialised countries in the world.
On the other hand, it's a subject in Somalia, Sudan, Palestine, arabia, Egypt, Mali, Niger republic, guinea, Mali. Where are we heading? Who are we following. Why not follow nations that are successful rather than nations that are sinking. If it's paying, why is Buhari in London? Shouldn't he be in sokoto? This country is doomed because people are using religion to achieve their politically motivated aims.

WotzupNG:
https://twitter.com/toluogunlesi/status/881858556886212609


The new educational curriculum in Nigeria is still generating a lot of heat since it was announced that it includes a new subject, Arabic Studies. This new introduction has seen the collapse of Christian Religious Studies which is to now be studied as only a theme under another subject.

Many notable Nigerians have criticized this move as they see it as a form of Islamization of Nigeria, a secular Nation. Christian leaders like Bishop Oyedepo, Pastor Adeboye, members of PFN and CAN have all added voices against what is seen as an attempt to indoctrinate non-muslims students, especially the Christians.

Many have tried to explain that Arabic is not a religion in itself, but we all know that it is the language in which Muslims say their prayers and in which the Quran is written. This has led to the argument that the Educational board ought to have made Hebrew or Greek, both languages with affiliations to Christianity, an option to Arabic Instead of French, a subject that has few teachers in Nigeria. With few French teachers in Nigeria, schools without one might see students with no option but to study Arabic. The fear most people have is that the Arabic teachers are definitely going to be Muslims with fanatics in their midst.

Well, while surfing the net, I came across a tweet from Tolu Ogunlesi, the Oversee Digital Communications for the Nigeria President. In his tweet, he tried to make 3 things clear. I will shortly address those 3 things to show how shallow they are.

1. CRK has not been removed from the curriculum
Yes, it hasn’t been removed but rendered insignificant since they made it just a theme under another subject. He should note that the subject CRK is one of the reasons why our society is still witnessing a little peace. Imagine what the society will be like in few years time now that the subject that helps instill morality and religiousness in our students is removed.


2. Arabic has not been made compulsory

That’s what we hear for now, but it sounds different from what CAN spoke of when they said Christian students were beaten for rejecting the subject in one of the States that has started implementing the new curriculum.

“We have the names of the victims and their schools with us, including the text message from the parents of such students who were beaten,” Ayokunle said. – the cable



3. Decreeing boycott = Boko Haram

This last statement shouldn’t have come from someone who is a Presidential Aide. Did he make that statement on his own or he simply parroted what his masters in government told him to? Is he trying to tell us that the Nigerian Government will treat CAN, PFN, Pastor Adeboye, Bishop Oyedepo etc the same way they treat Boko Haram just cos they told their Christian faith adherents to boycott an ideology that poses a threat to their faith? On one hand, Tolu Ogunlesi claims Arabic Studies is not compulsory. On the other hand, he calls those that want to exercise their freedom to boycott the subject as Boko Haram.

I’m done with my own opinion, the rest lies in you the reader.

http://wotzup.ng/decreeing-boycott-of-arabic-is-equal-to-boko-haram-tolu-ogunlesi/

GEJPosterity:
The fact that every single person on this thread passionately defending "Arabic Studies" is a muslim tells me everything I need to know about the obvious relationship between Arabic and Islamism.

It's good that you guys have exposed yourselves here. In a way, I should thank you for sensitizing the thousands of people who will read this thread.

nneh1:


I went to a private school but wrote my waec in a govt school and yes I was dealt with for refusing a subject, infact because of refusing a subject I was made not to write the others in waec,. Thanks to God for neco.so guy stop arguing baseless.

imam07:
Please don't say what u don't know. It really happened in kwara state, where Bishop Oyedepo comes from. It should not surprise us because that is the same way students in quranic school are being treated. Beaten like animals but they should not try and extend that kind of punishment to our Christian students.
If that rubbish did not happen, do u think the men of God will come out to talk about it.

mfm04622:


I can tell you Nigeria's capacity to produce French speakers and teachers is much higher than her capacity to produce (formal) Arabic speakers and teachers! There is virtually no school with languages that don't teach french. Same can't be said of Arabic. Some post graduate schools makes it compulsory for students to take french to graduate. The French govt also funds and promote the language which no Arab Govt does. It is impossible for a school in the South (At least in Lagos that i schooled in) to have Arabic teacher and not french. Please note, i said Arabic and not Islamic studies.
My son is presently learning both French and Arabic and i plan to make him learn Mandarin in future.

mapet:


Bros,

I am a Christian and we must be sincere with ourselves. Boko Haram abhors Western education and orientation. CAN is trying to shut-down a middle eastern language because of claims of attachment to Islam. Are they not doing the same?

Additional questions are these

1. Why will CAN as an official body falsify facts? [That CRS was removed from the curriculum, The claim of "Arabic Islamic Studies, and the claim that Christians are forced to study Arabic]
2. Why did CAN lie that they were not consulted despite the fact that the same CAN sent TWO REPRESENTATIVES to the 2012 educational summit where the new curriculum was developed
3. Why is CAN not owning up to his mistakes and misunderstanding in this issue and letting the media make them look more like liars
http://saharareporters.com/2017/06/20/fact-check-has-buhari-removed-christian-religious-studies-secondary-school-curriculum

https://www.thecable.ng/crk-irk-arabic-everything-else-need-know-controversial-curriculum

In summary, Boko Haram is all about INTOLERANCE.........is this move by the Christian body not the same?

shuddyy:


On this, you are wrong. Arabic is truly the most widely spoken language in Africa. Make some efforts to Google this. Do you watch e-channel on DSTV? You would have come across this fact on their regular interlude series "Did you know".

Sapiosexuality:
Of course the removal claim was a gaffe. But the Arabic Language fears are legitimate. When some persons believe that a certain language is divine, it can never be wrong to question the inclusion of that language on secular places. I don't want to share so much here.

mapet:


1. I believe this is a public enlightement platform, so share all that you have
2. The bolded is baseless. History and literature is replete with the origin, evolution and development of Arabic as a language. It's coming into Nigeria and use is also well documented. So when some people put postulations that are not backed up by credible evidence and such beggars logic, am I to believe such
3. Arabic is one of the official Languages of the United Nations.....hence its common-piece