FG INSISTS RELIGIOUS STUDIES STILL IN SCHOOL CURRICULUM

Minister of Education Adamu Adamu

Federal Government has reacted to controversy over alleged removal of key religious subjects from the country’s education curriculum.

Acting Executive Secretary of Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council Kate Nwufo, denied claims that Christian Religious Studies and Islamic Studies had been removed from the curriculum, or were now studied as a single subject.

She emphasized that government has developed a curriculum on Religion and National Values to expose pupils to see relationship between moral values which entails religion, social values and civic values.

She said the council developed the curriculum in partnership with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission.

Nwufo says teachers across the country have been adequately trained on how to use the curriculum and teachers’ guide handed to them.

She said CAN was part of the committee that designed the latest curriculum alongside other Islamic leaders.

Meanwhile the Christian Association of Nigeria says the merging of CRK with Civic Studies was not good for the country.