Focus on Curriculum
23 much . Indeed , other than creating a favorable business environment and encouraging an entrepreneurial culture , government will struggle to create jobs . Actually it is foolhardy to believe that government can create jobs . Government can only create jobs where it controls the factors of production – case in point China . But I am not sure this is what we would want from our government .
And here is where we can see the importance of education . A curriculum that steers young people to explore , experiment and create things , versus , one that trains them to retain information , to venerate precedent and to seek for jobs , will produce different outputs . In a country with an abundance of jobs the latter system may be the best suited for the occasion . However , where there is a dearth of jobs , a different kind of training is required . Preferably , one that espouses experimentation and departure from the tried and tested and allows students to explore new was of creating things . Such a curriculum will create innovators and entrepreneurs .
We live in the age trends ; fashion , technology , art , music are in constant change - a particular thing is in vogue today , tomorrow there is something better . As it is , this state of affairs is daunting to us as grownups and we are struggling to keep up . What then of our children , who we expect to be not only consumers but to be creators as well of some of the innovations that are touted for the future .
So it is break time for CBC . Hopefully , it shall not be a situation of make or break . And as this matter continues to be arbitrated in the law courts , let us continue to discuss in the court of public opinion . But let us in discussing CBC , play the long game . Let us attempt to look at CBC in the fullness of time . Indeed , I know it is not perfect and perhaps the debate should focus more on how to improve it . For instance how can we retrain teachers who were trained to deliver 8-4-4 to deliver CBC better , or how can assignments be planned so that children with their parents in tow are not inundated with homework , or how can schools creatively manage the cost of additional resources , through improvisation , so that it is less expensive to the parent . This I think would be a more productive and worthwhile discussion . Let ’ s not throw the baby out with the birth water , doing that would be disingenuous . So I say let ’ s give CBC a chance . We owe it to our children . Let them have a chance to live their lives according to their terms , they may not necessarily be successful but at least , they will live productive lives .
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