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18 Focus on Curriculum

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

EdSource Quarterly | Oct-Dec l 2021