- The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)
says it is gladdening that NERDC has
reinstated the CRK and IRK in the nation’s
schools’ curriculum as separate subjects
- The president of CAN, Samson Ayokunle,
calls on the federal ministry of education
to review all the textbooks that are
currently being used in schools
- The CAN president urges state
governments to recruit teachers for both
the CRK and IRK especially in the north
where most of the states had no teachers
for the subjects
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)
has drawn the attention of the federal
government to what it described as ungodly
practices in some text books.CAN made the observation when it lauded
the federal government’s intervention in
reinstating the Christian Religious
Knowledge and the Islamic Religious
Knowledge in the nation’s schools’
curriculum as separate subjects.The president of CAN, Samson Ayokunle,
commended the government’s directive to
the Nigerian Educational Research and
Development Council (NERDC) to restore the
subjects which was merged and put under
Civic Education. the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) reports.
The CAN president said in a statement in
Abuja on Saturday, July 22, that it was
gladdening that NERDC had reinstated the
subjects.
Ayokunle however, called on the federal
ministry of education to review all the
textbooks that are currently being used in
schools, adding that some of them
encourage ungodly practices like stimulating
the reproductive organs to achieve arousal.He said: "We appreciate all well-meaning
Nigerians, the media and the civil society for
their roles while the controversy lasted.
“We pray for divine guidance and wisdom
for our political leaders as they lead the
country."Mr. Ayokunle noted that the merger of the
two subjects had been rejected long before
the President Muhammadu Buhari-led
administration took power, adding: “It is
controversial, unlawful and ungodly.
According to the cleric, the reversal is an
indication that there is a listening and
sensitive government that is ready to
reverse unacceptable policies.
He also commended the timely intervention
of the National Assembly that helped to
doused the tension that was generated by
the policy.Ayokunle called on the government to direct
NERDC to organise a national seminar on the
new curriculum with a view to addressing
all the “grey”areas.
He urged state governments to recruit
teachers for both the CRK and IRK especially
in the North where most of the states had
no teachers for the subjects.
NAIJ.com recalls that the federal government
on Thursday July 20 bowed to pressure and
directed the Nigerian Educational Research
and Development Council (NERDC) to
separate the Christian Religious Knowledge
and Islamic Religious Knowledge subjects in
the basic education curriculum.
NAN reports that grouping of IRK and CRK
under the Civil Education in the new
curriculum by the NERDC had generated
controversy in the last few months with
religious leaders calling for their separate
teaching.
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu,
gave the directive at a meeting of Ministers
of Education with education stakeholders
from six geo-political zones and the Federal
Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja on Thursday
July 20. https://www.naij.com/1116444-can-faults-practices-textbooks.html

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