The Ministry of Education should obtain the buy-in of teachers on the new curriculum and should equip them with the necessary tools and skills to enable them to successfully implement the new curriculum because teachers are one of the most critical components of a well-functioning educational system.
This was said today by Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai secretary for education Heneri Dzinotyiwei who himself was a professor at the University of Zimbabwe for years.
Dzinotyiwei was Minister of Science and Technology Development during the inclusive government.
The government introduced a new curriculum this year and it seems Education Minister Lazarus Dokora did not carry out enough consultations and is bulldozing the curriculum over teachers and schools that were not adequately prepared or equipped for the new curriculum.
Dzinotyiwei today highlighted some developments which he felt might assist on agreement on the way forward.
Below is his full statement:
Thursday, 23 February 2017
Statement on Zimbabwe's new School Curriculum
There has been a wide range of comments, mostly concerns, about the New School Curriculum that is being introduced in Zimbabwe. It is not clear what the way forward will be, but the responsible Ministry seems to be arguing for proceeding with implementation. Below I highlight some of the developments that the public may need to note and hopefully this may assist on agreement on the way forward.
There is world-wide interest to review curricula, possibly even more regularly than Zimbabwe has done so far. In recent years, many countries have done so due to the following influences:
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