Hours ago, the Federal Ministry of Education announced that in order
to reduce the workload of primary and junior secondary pupils, they will
be cutting down subjects from 20 to a maximum of ten subjects under the
nine-year basic educational curriculum in order to align with
International standards.
Thus, subjects like Christian Religious Studies (CRS) and Islamic
Religious Studies (IRS), which are separately taught, will now be merged
under a compulsory subject known as Religion and National Values
(RNV). Other subjects brought under the RNV include Civic Education,
Social Studies, and Security Education.
Well, this is how Nigerians reacted: