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The
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) last Wednesday stormed the Presidential
Villa, Abuja, and vehemently protested the elimination of Christian Religious
Knowledge (CRK) in the new education curriculum being introduced in secondary
schools.
Leading
a delegation to the acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, CAN President, Dr.
Samson Ayokunle, said whereas CRK, according to the new curriculum, would no
longer exist as a subject in schools but rather as themes in civic education,
Islamic/Arabic Studies/French subjects on the other hand, have been introduced
in the new curriculum.
He
said with the new arrangement, a pupil would have to study either of Islamic
Arabic Studies or French, pointing out that the end result is that a Christian
student will be left with no option than to settle for Islamic Arabic Studies
since French teachers are more or less non-existent in secondary schools.
Ayokunle
who observed that the Ministry of Education had earlier come up with the
curriculum but was dropped following an objection to it from CAN, said it was
surprising that the curriculum had resurfaced again in a way that will deprive
pupils of moral trainings which CRK offers.
Demanding
a return to the old curriculum, CAN which described moves to force Islamic
studies down the throats of non-adherents of the religion, described the action
as injustice and one agenda deliberately crafted towards Islamisation.
“We
are here to point your attention to a time-bomb, obnoxious, divisive and
ungodly secondary school curriculum that the Federal Ministry of Education is
introducing into our schools and of which we had earlier complained to the
presidency. Then, if I am not mistaking, it was suspended but has again been
re-introduced without any review at all.
“This
curriculum is the brain-child of Nigerian Educational Research Council, an
agency of the Federal Ministry of Education. To us in CAN, its introduction is
an ill-wind that blows nobody any good for so many reasons. A state has started
implementing it already and Christians that are more on the receiving side of
it are already crying fowl because of its potential dangers now.”
CAN
also rejected the persistent destruction and dehumanisation of Nigerians by
herdsmen with seeming indifference from the federal government in various parts
of the country and regretted the failure of security agents to arrest any of
the herdsmen since the tragic acts began.
While
challenging the government to rise from its seeming complacency towards the
pains and anguish being inflicted on Nigerians by killer herdsmen, CAN which
commended the recent arrest of some kidnappers by the police, also tasked the
security operatives to halt rampaging activities of kidnappers on Lokoja-Okene
Road, Lokoja-Kabba Road and Abuja-Kaduna Road.
It
also condemned the ultimatum issued to the Igbo in the North to vacate the
region, describing it as divisive, misguided, ethnocentric and
unconstitutional.
The
group also expressed grave concern over the spate of unemployment among the
youths and urged the government to pay more attention to the situation by
creating an investment friendly environment that could offer jobs to millions
of jobless Nigerian youths.
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