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Focus on Curriculum
FROM ( less of ) |
TO ( more of ) |
Content Focus |
Focus on Competencies / Proficiencies |
Rigid and Prescriptive curriculum with limited flexibility
Focus on summative assessment and competition
Emphasis on Schooling
Opportunities for specialisation pathways
Formative and summative assessment , and excellence
Emphasis on Education
Teaching Learning ( Flipped learning ) National Values & National Cohesion Parental empowerment & engagement Community service learning
What then are the likely implications of Implementation of the new curriculum ?
• Review teacher training
• Upgrade teacher training certification at all levels to a minimum of Diploma
• Promote Specialization
• Strengthen Internship / Community of Practice
• Inclusion of a component of action research , mentoring and inclusive education to enhance the same in classroom practice and student learning at the school level
• Retooling of curriculum implementers ( Educators , Policy Makers , Investors , donors )
• University / Tertiary education is likely to experience a major shift- ( STEM education may take a major junk of the tertiary education ).
• Development of face-to-face and online training modules on
• Competence-based learning and assessment ( Innovative Assessment ).
• Integration of ICT in teaching and learning
• Instructional leadership
• Continuous Professional Development ( CDP ).
• Strengthen
Teacher Performance Appraisal
• Development of curriculum designs / Curriculum Redesigning
• Development of the Preservice Teacher Education
• Framework based on the Needs Assessment
• Development of continuous Teacher Professional
• Development Programmes
• Development of the Assessment Framework for
• formative and summative evaluation ( Innovative Assessment framework )
• Development of Financial Model for the curriculum reforms ( Increased funding )
• Strengthen Public Private Partnerships in Educations
• Parental engagement and empowerment .
CBC framework indicating pathways :
CBC takes dimensional projections on learner pathways . Unlike before where we had a linear student progression , CBC provides learners with pathways as in the framework below :
EdSource Quarterly | Oct-Dec l 2021