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How Northern Region Imposed Educational Backwardness On Itself – Nigerian Education Minister, Adamu Laments | Sahara Reporters

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The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has lamented that the present educational backwardness in the Northern region was caused by people of the region. He spoke in Abuja at the public presentation of the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) Book 1 series for universities and a book in his honour. He said: “The North is in self-imposed educational backwardness because the interest of the North is Islam, and Islam is the greatest promulgator of knowledge.”

How Northern Region Imposed Educational Backwardness On Itself – Nigerian Education Minister, Adamu LamentsHe spoke in Abuja at the public presentation of the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards Book 1 series for universities and a book in his honour.The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has lamented that the present educational backwardness in the Northern region was caused by people of the region.

Adamu said while the first two universities in the world were established by Muslim women, “here, people are using Islam to keep women at home. I think it does not make sense.” According to Daily Trust, he expressed delight that out of the 37 new private universities approved by the Federal Executive Council on Monday, large numbers of them were situated in the North.

He also called for establishment of the Federal Teachers Service Commission, saying that would ensure reforms put in place in the teaching profession yield desired results.

 

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