President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, has indicated that implementing the new educational curriculum will be “fanfare” for the schools in the country.
Speaking to newsmen in Accra, Mr Carbonu could not indicate whether the Ghana Education Service (GES) is ready in implementing the new curriculum.
He said there are challenges but “We can have a beautifully written curriculum like we have but when the infrastructure, the facilities, the environment is not adequately available which is the case now, all that we will be doing is a fanfare.”
Mr Carbonu questioned whether there is a required standard for a place to be called a school. To him, a place being described as a school should have a required standard so when any ‘school’ falls below the required standard, it should be closed down.
“If you fall within the required standard, we maintain you. Then when we have that required environment that we can call a place a school then we can implement your curriculum and ensure that you get results out of the curriculum,” he explained.
“When you have teacher A and B in different environments, where one environment is likely endowed and the other environment is deficient in meeting the standards, how then will you be able to judge me and say that I have not applied the curriculum the way you want me to apply,” he added.
Mr Angel Carbonu further emphasized that there should be an established standard class size based on knowledge and research because a large class size will have difficulty in interactive teaching and learning.
Source: Ghana/otecfghana.com
