Arabic and French languages will be taught as
compulsory subjects in the newly outdoored Ghana Education Service (GES)
curriculum for basic education in the country.
This follows some reforms in the sector which have among
other things redefined basic education to include Senior High School.
Ahead of the commencement of the new curriculum this
September, Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Education Vincent Ekow
Assafuah highlighted some of the key reforms carried out.
According to him, the decision to include Arabic in the
compulsory subjects of study was informed by the fact that “Arabic is a
globally spoken language than any other language”.
While French has been scheduled to be taught from Class
Four (4) all through to Junior High School 3, no time has yet been set for the
commencement of Arabic.
The new curriculum also exempts classes 1,3,5 JHS 1 and
JHS 3 from writing end-of-term examinations.
Some topics, now known as sub-strands, have also been
eliminated altogether from the curriculum. For instance, “The life cycle of
Okro” which used to be a topic in Class Six will be no more.
Mr. Assafuah also mentioned the addition of compulsory
one-hour extra-curricular activities like talks, sensitization, Guidance and
Counselling among others for pupils.
The format of teachers’ lesson notes have also been
modified.
By: Juliet Etefe|3news.com|Ghana
The inclusion of these languages are very important to the educational goals of students. This move also includes the resolve of the MoE to promote Ghanaian Languages. Students will therefore learn our indigenous languages as well as English language. As Nelson Mandela will say, if you speak to a man in a foreign language, you speak to his mind but speak to him in his native language and you speak to his heart. Parents who love speaking only English language to their kids should desist from it. Let's teach them to read our local alphabets
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback. And that is what GES is trying to bring on board.
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