Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has directed that the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council, NERDC, through the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, to separate Christian Religious Knowledge, CRK, and Islamic Religious Knowledge, IRK, in the basic education curriculum.
The Education Minister, who was represented by the Minister of State for Education, Anthony Anwukah, gave the order in Abuja, at the meeting of Educational Stakeholders from the six geo-political zones, and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
He stated that the directive to separate the subjects becomes imperative, in view of the various complaints by Nigerians, especially the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, that has been vociferous about the issue.
According to him: “There is this controversy over the merger of CRK and IRK in the school curriculum. There were complaints by parents, that children were overloaded with so many subjects, and the recommendation then was to merge one or two subjects. Unfortunately, water and oil were merged together, and it is not working.”
The Minister, also noted in his keynote address, the commitment of the Federal Government to revamp the education sector, and appealed to the State Governments, as well as relevant stakeholders, to support the Federal Government’s effort.
He noted that the Federal Government was aware that in the journey towards achieving the Education 2030 Agenda, key issues including the phenomenon of out-of-school children, insecurity in and around the schools, and infrastructure decay, must be addressed.
He said: “We recognise that the task of revamping the education sector is challenging, the Ministry of Education cannot do it alone. Our task is to coordinate national efforts to meet our national goals and objectives.”
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