Teachers in public primary schools across the country have begun receiving training on the new curriculum for basic schools.
The training is to equip them with skills in their lesson delivery.
Beginning in the 2019/2020 academic year, the new curriculum will include the History of Ghana as a subject and will be compulsory from Primary one to six.
The General Secretary for the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), David Ofori Acheampong in a Citi News interview said an initial training has been held.
“There was an initial training which we call the master trainers in Koforidua about a month ago and the arrangement is that now that schools are on vacation from next week these master trainees will be going to designated centers in selected districts across the country to train the primary school teachers who would be working with the new syllabus.”
The new curriculum which was handed over to the Ghana Education Service in April by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) places emphasis on literacy, numeracy and creative thinking in early childhood education in primary schools.
But some groups have argued that fundamental challenges like congested schools, large class sizes and inadequate infrastructure must first be addressed before the rollout of the new curriculum.
President Nana Akufo-Addo in his State of the Nation address said the new curriculum will better prepare pupils in school to meet global challenges.
He said the new curriculum will focus on making Ghanaian children confident innovative, creative thinkers, digitally literate and well-rounded patriotic citizens.
“Mathematics, Science, Reading, Writing and creativity are therefore the heart of this new curriculum,” he said.