Tag: CRK
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CAN calls for employment of CRK teachers in Niger
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Niger State chapter, has appealed to Governor Umar Mohammed Bago to recruit Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) teachers in public schools to instil sound morals in pupils and students.
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FG orders inclusion of CRK, IRK as separate subjects in new curriculum
The Federal Government has directed the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) to separate the Christian Religious Knowledge and Islamic Religious Knowledge subjects in the basic education curriculum. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the merging of IRK and CRK under the Civil Education in the new curriculum by the NERDC had generated controversy in the last…
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CRK vs IRK: New curriculum violates constitution, says Reps
The House of Representatives on yesterday waded into the controversial introduction of National Values/Civic Education in school curriculum, which requires children to be taught Islamic Religious Knowledge and Christian Religious Knowledge as compulsory subjects, irrespective of their religious beliefs. In the previous order, IRK and CRK were taught as independent subjects, leaving Christian students with…
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Kill the hypocrisy about religious studies in schools
Azu Ishiekwene At a time when you would think there are enough small fires in the country, the religious army has started yet another small fire in schools. For most of the time this week the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council had to whip out the hoses to douse the brush fire started by…
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Adamu trying to Islamise Nigeria, new curriculum without CRK is time bomb – CAN
Sequel to the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu’s claim that Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) was not removed from the secondary school education curriculum, the Christian Association Nigeria (CAN) has reacted, insisting that the subject has been removed. It challenged the Ministry “to publish the full details of the controversial new Curriculum of Education if…
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We didn’t remove CRK from schools’ curriculum, says NERDC
Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council has debunked a rumour making the rounds in the educational sector that Christian Religious Knowledge, CRK has been removed from schools’ curriculum. The NERDC said in a statement late on Tuesday that CRK was never removed from the curriculum, adding that the council never introduced the Islamic Arabic Studies/French…