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A coalition of Christians in Nigeria under the aegis of the altar of national prayer (TNPA) has invited the Nigerian government to reverse its ratification of the certificates of politics equipped by the National Board for Arab and Islamic studies (NBAIS) with Waec, NECO, NBTE and other standardized examination bodies, describing it as a distortion of the seciality of the nation.
According to them, politics has been introduced without constitutional support, regulatory transparency or national consensus and must therefore be declared null, empty and without further effect, immediately to safeguard the constitutional bases, the educational credibility and the unity of Nigeria.
The group in a petition signed by prof. Kontein Tlinya and the shepherd Bosun Emmanuel, on behalf of 112 Christian elderly people both at home and in the diaspora, said that since NBAIS has been established to provide certification in Arabs and Islamic studies, they are an Islamic violation, it is an Islamic violation, it is an Islamic violation, it is an Islamic violation, it is an Islamic violation, it is a Islamic violation, Islamic violation, it is an Islamic violation, it is a violation of a violation, of a violation, of a violation, is a violation disorder.
The organizations invited the Ministry of Education, in concert with Nuc, Jamb and Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), to publicly and permanently abolish the policy that is equivalent to the NBAIS certificates with Waec, Neco or NBTE because it was lacking in legal support.
The petition states: “Our objection is not rooted in the cultural or religious disagreement, but in the urgent necessity to preserve the educational system of Nigeria as a secular national framework, based on the merit and coherent of policies in accordance with the establishment of 1999 (as national changes) and as national changes) and as national changes) and as national changes). Act and mandates of the National Council on Education (NCE).
“No recognition was granted equivalent to Christian, traditional African or religious or cultural education systems, thus creating a policy of religious preference.
“This political decision is not limited to flirting with the constitutional boundaries, it crosses them. It introduces a theological asymmetry in a national educational system which is, by law and for design, intended to be secular, based on merit and religiously agnostic. Secularity.
“Recognizing NBAIS as a general academic qualification, without establishing statutory equivalent for Christian, traditional African or indigenous education systems based on language, establishes a dangerous and indefensible precedent. The federal government cannot legitimately, ethical or political justify the privilege of a linguistic framework of faith, excluding others.
“To date, there is no committee for federal education for Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, Tiv, ijaw or Christian biblical studies. Raise a linguistically specific and linguistically specific institution such as the NBAI in the ecosystem of national admissions, while denying the same institutional opportunity to other traditions, constitutes structural discrimination.
“This action violates the constitutional mandate of religious neutrality pursuant to section 10 and directly the principle of the federal character pursuant to section 14 (3) of the 1999 Constitution. It also invites a wave of legitimate requests from other religious and cultural groups for the source. Masked by inclusion.
“The absence of federal certification paths for other cultural and faith traditions is not only a legal asymmetry, but it is an act of educational exclusion. The current policy actually prevents entire communities from participating in similar paths, creating an unconstitutional level system in accessing national education.
“In principle, educational inclusion must offer equal recognition and equal institutional status to all traditions within a plural society, not the selective elevation. By institutionalizing access for a group, ignoring others, the NBAIS equivalence policy is excluded for omission. This exclusion is not only unfair, but is nationally.
“The real equity does not concern the expansion of opportunities for a few while silenced others. It is a question of designing an educational system that reflects the entire spectrum of civic, cultural and constitutional diversity of Nigeria. In its current form, the NBAIS policy is not much up to this standard and cannot be unchanged.
“In order to qualify as a general certification body within the Nigeria national educational framework, an exam institution must demonstrate transparent alignment with national education policy (NPE) and undergo standardization of the independent curriculum by legal bodies such as the Nigerian educational research council (NERDC) and the National Council for Education (NCE).
“Starting from this petition, there is no evidence available to the public that the NBAIS certifications, in particular the flows of SaiSscne and Tahfeez, have been subjected to moderation or harmonization of the curriculum recognized at national level.
“Even where NBAIS claims to teach some fundamental subjects, it cannot be assumed that the certification without transparent national moderation meets universal academic standards. The equivalence must be demonstrated through inter-agency supervision, public and international validation, not presumed by the only political declaration or internal evaluation.
“Until this independent moderation is documented and published, the granting of equivalence to the NBAIS certificates represents an unjustified risk for quality insurance, the competence of graduates and institutional credibility at national level.
“The Presidency and the National Assembly must issue a formal declaration which, in accordance with national policy and education, only the certifications administered by Waec, Neco, Nabteb and bodies approved by NBTE must be accepted for academic progress and access to an emergency admission in terms of emitting. Certification advice.
“If the Federal Government must entertain specialized educational advice of any type, it must first establish a complete national framework, secular and based on merit-accepted to all faiths, languages and cultural systems in identical conditions. Until such a picture exists and emanated through the full of national state.
“We recognize the in progress efforts of the regulatory bodies to support educational standards in Nigeria. However, the policy that is equivalent to the NBAIS certificates with those of Waec, Neco and Nbte represents a fundamental violation of the integrity of national education, constitutional marking and deserves transparency, national consultancy or curricular equivalence.
“This is not a request for review or reform. It is a request for total reversal. Therefore, we urge all the relevant authorities in the sector of education, civil society, legal institutions and democratic governance to act immediately.
“This is a decisive moment for Nigeria: either we support a national standard for everyone, or we go down to a patchwork of privileged paths that fracture the foundations of equity and unity.
“The NBAIS equivalence policy must be abolished in its entirety. The future of the children of Nigeria, its institutions and its democratic integrity depends on it.”
