The Nigerian government has denied reports in some media organisations that Christian Religious Knowledge, CRK, has been removed from the secondary school curriculum in the country.
There were reports in the media last week alleging that CRK had been removed by the Ministry of Education from the school curriculum.
But Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who briefed State House Correspondents on the outcome of Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting, presided over by Professor Osinbajo, at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, said there was no truth in the report.
“There is no truth in it at all,” Adamu said, pointing out that it was the work of “somebody who wishes to raise the tension in the country.”
The minister said there was a policy to that effect in 2012, which he changed immediately he came into office.
“Certainly, there was a policy in 2012 which was given effect in 2014 that was even before this government came in.
“And one of the first things I did on coming to office as minister was to speak to the national council on education to disarticulate from the social studies curricular.
“We believe that we need young people to know our history because you cannot know who you are without knowing who your ancestors are.
“And the next thing I did was to ask the National Council on Education to accept and they did and accept and agree that teaching of CRK has been made compulsory on all Christian students and the teaching and learning of IRK has been made compulsory for all Muslim students.”
He said the allegation in the media was the direct opposite of what the Ministry of Education did and called on the media to be more responsible to the society in which they operate. (Voice of Nigeria)
