The local flying instructor insists that ADF is still in the IMCR training syllabus.
The ADF has never been a mandatory requirement in the IMC syllabus. The syllabus was designed to allow pilots to fly IFR in an aeroplane using the equipment fitted to that aircraft. The syllabus requires that a pilot is trained and tested to a level of proficiency in 2 approach types. Nowhere does it say that one must be ADF.