AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE CURRICULUM IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE
AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE CURRICULUM IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE
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2008-06
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ONOVUGHE, SUNDAY
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This research examined the problems hindering the successful teaching of CRK in
Kaduna state. It is observed that Christian Religious Knowledge in our primary schools in
Kaduna state is not yielding the desired result; inspite of various workshop carried out by
National Association of Bible Knowledge Teachers of Nigeria to improve and promote
the teaching of the subject in the past. Again available records reveal that Christian
Religions Knowledge is one of the oldest subjects in the school curriculum in Nigeria
even though it came late to the North (Kaduna State) in 1914.As one of the earliest
subjects in the school curriculum one expects that there would have been much progress
and less problem in the teaching of the subject, but a close observation revealed that
pupils are not morally sound, teachers attitudes are not encouraging among other things.
This study is therefore undertaken to evaluate the implementation strategy of the
Christian Religious Knowledge curriculum in Kaduna state primary schools and to
highlight the problems militating against the attainment of the desired objectives and how
this problems may be solved. The areas examined include: qualification of CRK teachers,
method of teaching, teaching aids and mode of assessment. The findings reveal that
teachers still use the traditional methods of teaching; the primary schools lack facilities
and materials for effective teaching and learning of the subject. Four hypotheses are
raised and tested. T – Test and analysis of variance were used to test if there is any
significant difference in the subject’s responses. Several findings were made: It was
discovered that there are many qualified teachers teaching in primary schools in the state,
but only a few are qualified Christian Religious Knowledge teachers; they lack adequate
textbooks for teaching the subject.
It is therefore recommended that adequate facilities (teaching aids) should be made
available. Qualified CRK teachers should be employed to teach the subject in all the
primary schools in the state. CRK teachers should use teaching methods that will
motivate pupils in learning the subject.
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FACULTY OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
Keywords
EVALUATION,, IMPLEMENTATION,, CHRISTIAN,, RELIGIOUS,, KNOWLEDGE,, CURRICULUM,, PRIMARY SCHOOLS,, KADUNA STATE