The new schools program starts in September 2019

Accra, July 24, GNA – Dr. Mathew Opoku
Prempeh, the Minister of Education, said the new kindergartens and primary
The school program will be set up in early 2019/2020
academic year.

He said the new program seeks to address
gaps in the current program, such as content overload,
Objective-based limitations of the program and inability to evaluate
system to provide sufficient data on the improvement of teaching and learning
could be fashioned.

During the series of meetings with the press, Dr.
Prempeh said that with the previous program, there was more emphasis on the preparation
learners to pbad the exams and was not in tandem with the new and long-term
objectives and priorities for national development.

He said that the new program was focusing on
the acquisition of reading, writing, arithmetic and creativity skills through the
the entire primary curriculum and sought to strengthen the teaching of mathematics.

Other key features of the new program are:
reintroduction of the history of Ghana; Physical Education and Sport as a
integral part of a balanced education program and of
the development of essential basic skills (basic and continuing skills)
Skills).

Others reinforce the teaching of
French, focusing on learning-centered pedagogy (differentiation, scaffolding);
strengthen the use of ICT as a teaching tool and emphasize pedagogy
with a focus on equity and inclusion.

The National Council of the Curriculum and
Assessment (NaCCA) in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service has developed the
roadmap for implementation in April this year.

Dr. Prempeh stated that 186 master trainers had
NaCCA identified and trained in April and May and 3900 regional and
District trainers were identified and trained in June.

Teacher training and others
school-level actors involved in the program is ongoing and should be
completed at the end of August for implementation in September 2019.

S & # 39; s expressing on free high school
(FSS) Education, said the minister, the government's commitment to secondary
The education remains: "No qualified child is left behind".

He said that FSS is an issue of equity, access, quality
skills development and infrastructure expansion; and until now, the government has
created 43% access to registration.

"We planned to increase lower secondary education.
Enrollment (SHS) from 881,600 in 2016 to 1,264,190 by the end of 2019, "he added.
added.

He said the government would need a deadline
between five and seven years to end the SHS dual track system and as a
As a result, the dual-track system would be maintained until the appropriate infrastructure
are placed.

He said currently 395 SHS on the 700 SHS
do double track system and as the years go by and their infrastructure
the situation improves, they would be weaned to return to the single-track system.

The opportunity was used to launch Ghana
The higher education policy, which aims to set clear guidelines for the
structure, planning, development, regulation, operations and overall governance
and the responsibility of the higher education system; to respond effectively and
the needs of the knowledge society and the knowledge-based economy.

GNA