Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has blamed the present education backwardness witnessed in the northern part of the country on the northerners.
The Minister who stated this at the public presentation of Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) book 1 series for Nigerian universities in Abuja said the North is in self-imposed educational backwardness because it’s interest is Islam, a religion professes knowledge.
Adamu, while commending the National Universities Commission (NUC) for its drive in ensuring the springing up of more private universities in Nigeria, said the Commission’s effort is paying off with the establishment of more of such institutions in Northern Nigeria in recent times.
Adamu, however, expressed delight that out of the 37 new private universities approved by the Federal Executive Council on Monday most of them are situated in the North.
Speaking on the CCMAS, Adamu said the new curriculum would go a long way in adding value to graduates being churned out from Nigerian universities called for the full implementation of the curriculum.
Also speaking, the Executive Secretary of NUC, Professor Rasheed Abubakar, described CCMAS as a game changer in Nigerian universities.
Highpoint of the ceremony was the unveiling of a book in honour of the the minister titled : ‘Repositioning Nigerian Educational System; the Ministerial Footprints of Adamu Adamu.”
