MINISTER OF EDUCATION - SEPARATION OF CRK, IRK TAKE IMMEDIATE EFFECT IN NEW CURRICULUM

The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) has forced the hands of the Nigerian Government to separate the Christian Religious Knowledge and Islamic Religious Knowledge subjects in the basic education curriculum

The 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.

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.

The meeting, which was attended by Commissioners for Education from various States of the Federation, was part of the ongoing efforts to strengthen the partnership within the three tiers of government in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals 4 (SDG4).

Adamu, who was represented by Minister of State for Education, Anthony Anwukah, said the directive to separate the subjects became necessary because of the various complaints by Nigerians, especially the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) that has been vociferous about the issue.

Source: ( PM News )