As Nigerians continue to debate on the newly federal Government approved educational curriculum for primary and secondary schools, Mr. Efio-Ita Effiom Nyok, a social commentator, politics blogger and Philosopher has taken time to explain the new curriculum and how it affects the learning process of the Nigerian child especially those from the Christian home of the divide. He further appealed to those pitching for the new curriculum to see reasons with him and place a demand on the Federal Ministry of Education to adjust the curriculum.
Mr.
Efio-Ita who took a non-partisan view into the new curriculum argued that the inclusion
of Arabic and French as alternate subjects, whereas CRK/CRS and IRS where
already infused into a new subject called Religious and National Values (RNV)
was a calculated attempt to give the Isamic religion an upper hand in the
country and also convert young innocent Christian children to become Muslims.
Efio-Ita
went ahead to question why Hebrew or Greek was not brought in to replace Arabic?
“Why
didn't they introduce Hebrew and Greek in a mix for Arabic Studies. Arabic is
the language of the Quran short and simple! Its hanging there unsuspectingly
with French is clearly an Islamic agenda. I would have preferred Chinese to
both Arabic and French, but that is an argument for another day.” He questioned
Efio-Ita’s
article reads in full:
“The new
educational policy has it that, CRS and IRS known in Nigerian secondary schools
curriculum will now be regarded as Religion and National Values (RNV).
Thus, the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja ordered an
immediate removal of Christian Religious Knowledge/Studies (C.R.K/C.R.S) and
the Islamic Religious Knowledge (I.R.K) from the Nigerian Primary and Secondary
School Curriculum. Again, Civic Education, Social Studies, Christian Religious
Knowledge, Islamic Studies, and Security Education have been fused into one.
It is believed that the changes will help trim the number of
subjects offered in our schools from 20 to a maximum of ten subjects under the
nine-year basic educational curriculum in order to align with International
standards. Excellent!
Of the ten subjects we now have Arabic Studies and French as
optional subjects. The Revised BEC comprises ten (10) subjects namely:
1. English Studies
2. Mathematics,
3. Basic Science and Technology,
4. Religion and National Values,
5. Cultural and Creative Arts
6. Business Studies,
7. Nigerian Languages,
8. Pre-vocational Studies,
9. French,
10. Arabic.
2. Mathematics,
3. Basic Science and Technology,
4. Religion and National Values,
5. Cultural and Creative Arts
6. Business Studies,
7. Nigerian Languages,
8. Pre-vocational Studies,
9. French,
10. Arabic.
The question is: what is Arabic doing in this curriculum when
it's claimed that we now have Religion and National Values (RNV) as a subject?
French is a second language in Nigeria but why Arabic? Why not Chinese? Is
Arabic, Hausa/Fulani? No! What is it? The language of the Quran period. If
Arabic was to be taught independently, and IRS had been merged with CRS under
RNV, why wasn't Hebrew and Koine Greek (the Greek of the New Testament of the
Bible) introduced side by side with Arabic? The answers are obvious.
Furthermore, in the glaring dearth of French teachers and the
abundance of Arabic teachers, is it not obvious that the Islamic federal
government wants to bludgeon young Christian Nigerians into compulsorily
studying Arabic and by extension proselytise them into Islam?
This brings me to the argument that the studying of Arabic or
say IRS by a Christian pupil or conversely the studying of CRS by a Moslem
pupil will allow for better understanding, in all honesty, that is sound.
Albeit, that is not the intention of the FG.
Why didn't they introduce Hebrew and Greek in a mix for Arabic Studies. Arabic is the language of the Quran short and simple! Its hanging there unsuspectingly with French is clearly an Islamic agenda. I would have preferred Chinese to both Arabic and French, but that is an argument for another day.
Why didn't they introduce Hebrew and Greek in a mix for Arabic Studies. Arabic is the language of the Quran short and simple! Its hanging there unsuspectingly with French is clearly an Islamic agenda. I would have preferred Chinese to both Arabic and French, but that is an argument for another day.
The above explains what CAN is saying. But, those supporting the
Minister will not understand since they must objectify the party above common
sense.
The above constitute why my logic is 'sentimental and emotional;
why I am a myopic blogger; an agent of false propaganda; hate the Federal
Government; and that there's always a religious undertone to everything I say
about the government'.
Why can't we see that the RNV allows a Moslem pupil the freedom
to take IRS, whereas, the status of Arabic and French as being optional
constrains a Christian pupil to forcefully study Arabic, the language of the
Quran?
Ukorebi Esien
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