The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Umara Zulum, has launched a unified curriculum for Islamic schools targeting at countering terrorism and helping to prevent young people from being influenced by terrorist groups.
Zulum disclosed this at an event held at the council chamber of the Government House on Tuesday.
The Governor said, “Our Islamic schools have been operating without a unified curriculum for at least three to four decades and that is a matter of great concern to all of us. The so-called Boko Haram insurgency started as a result of some misleading preaching, therefore, it is imperative for us to devise a way to avert such in the future.”
Zulum promised that his government will ensure that all Islamic schools strictly comply with implementing their activities based on the new unified curriculum.
He identified the importance of teaching and preaching according to the authentic content of the holy books.
“We are currently witnessing another development, and we are concerned by the way some scholars preach. Therefore, the government of Borno State will do everything possible to ensure that teaching and preaching comply with the proper content of the holy books”, he said.
The Governor explained that the new curriculum was prepared based on the policies of the National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies, which according to him, will qualify students from private Islamic schools to get admission to universities and colleges.
The Chairman of the Arabic and Tsangaya Education Board, Khalifah Sheikh Ali Abulfathi, had earlier disclosed that the curriculum is based on the Maliki School of thought, which centres on the teaching of Arabic, Quran, Hadith, Tauhid and fight.
