The Kano State government’s recent decision to eliminate inappropriate and harmful teaching materials from the curriculum of both public and private primary schools in the region has garnered praise from the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).
Last Thursday, the Kano State government, acting through the office of the Special Advisor on Private and Voluntary Institutions, announced a prohibition on six textbooks intended for instructional use. The move was prompted by the discovery of explicit and morally objectionable content that posed a threat to the values of young students.
Malam Hassan Sani Indabawa, the Chairman of Kano State Chapter of MURIC, expressed his satisfaction with the state government’s decision in a statement provided to The Guardian. He commended Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s leadership for taking action to prevent the use of inappropriate educational materials in the state, asserting that the timing was ideal.
Indabawa urged parents, educators, students, and advocates to endorse and support this initiative, seeing it as a critical step in addressing the escalating moral decay among the youth in the state. He also called upon educational authorities to ensure strict compliance by both public and private schools within the state.
Furthermore, Indabawa stated, “As one of the leading proponents for the removal of explicit teaching aids from the national educational system, MURIC applauds the Kano State government for its decision to prohibit the use of certain instructional materials that contain sexually explicit content, which contradicts our faith, culture, and values.”
He went on to explain that some of these materials were part of the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) developed by the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF), intended to promote behaviors such as promiscuity, fornication, and homosexuality. Indabawa argued that these foreign influences contradicted Nigeria’s traditions and beliefs.
In addition to the CSE, Indabawa pointed out that many textbooks used in Nigerian schools have been tainted with inappropriate content. He noted that over the past two decades, classic English literature books and novels had been removed from school curricula, replaced with materials that often encouraged casual sex and promiscuity, giving young students the wrong impression about the importance of self-control and responsible behavior.
He emphasized the importance of enacting appropriate legislation to support the government’s directive and ensure that schools comply with the prohibition of offensive textbooks.
Indabawa concluded by calling on other state governments to follow Kano’s example by conducting reviews of their own basic education curricula and removing all inappropriate and harmful teaching materials.
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