An Assessment of the Implementation of Christian Religious Knowledge Curriculum in Nigerian Schools

Abstract

This paper examines the assessment of the implementation of Christian Religious Knowledge curriculum in Nigerian schools. The aim of the Christian Religious Knowledge curriculum is to encourage students to participate in those activities which foster personal discipline, character training, tolerance, reconciliation & peaceful co-existence. Despite these rich objectives of the Christian Religious Knowledge curriculum, however, there is a growing perception that Christian Religious Knowledge curriculum is not effectively implemented in the Nigerian primary and secondary schools as no much impact on the lives and the receiving students seem to have been observed over the time. It is in the light of this that this paper attempts to examine critically the reasons for not implementing the curriculum as expected and proffer solutions to it. Library sources and internet sources were used to gather relevant data / information for the study. From the study, it was discovered that there are challenges confronting the implementation of the Christian Religious Knowledge curriculum in Nigerian schools such as inadequate funding, use of auxiliary teachers, student attitude to this subject among others. The authors therefore recommend that the government should provide adequate and relevant instructional material for school while only qualified teachers in the field of Christian Religious Studies should be employed to teach in our schools.