House of Reps returns CRK as an independent subject in secondary school curriculum

Nigeria’s House of Representatives on Tuesday, dropped the government policy which included Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) in Civic Education as a compulsory subject in the Secondary School curriculum.

This followed a motion titled “Call to make Civic Education an optional instead of a compulsory subject for Senior Certificate Examination”, filed by Beni Lar from Plateau state.

Beni Lar from Plateau state presented a motion titled “Call to make Civic Education an optional instead of a compulsory subject for Senior Certificate Examination” Photo source: Twitter, House of Reps

The lawmakers agreed that the policy was incongruent with the spirit and letters of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) on the provision of religious liberties.