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Syllabus Development and Enrichment
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Current situation
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The lingua franca is English and Primary to University education is an
Audiolingual based method of rote learning in all subject areas. Responsibility of learning is on the children and there is
little teacher and pupil interaction in terms of assistance and monitoring of the learning process. There is a stressful
classroom situation, keeping up with the rote repetitions and the threat of the cane if pupil’s do not ‘keep up’.
There are a few, if any, resources, blackboard and chalk predominate as the main teaching aid.
There is a growing need for a robust English literacy programme as identified by the Ghana Education Service who have
developed the Early Childhood Development Plan – Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme. This programme
is due to start in 2007 under GES FCUBE policy – Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education. The needs are obvious -
buildings, trained teachers and resources all of which the GES hope to achive by 2010.
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Challenges
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There are a great many challenges that the education system faces on a macro level, addressed
below are a selection of challenges faced on a daily basis:
- Lack of infrastructure
- Teachers doing a sacrificial job
- Teachers basic level of education
- Large to enormous class sizes
- Demotivated teachers and frustrated children
- Children lethargic through lack of food and water
- Challenging parents
- State schools behind privately educated children
In addition to the above it is abundantly clear that the District Education Directorate is unable to monitor schools
because of the lack of resources:
- Limited vehicles and funds for fuel means access to rural schools inadequate
- Training budgets are non existant
Consequently the Directorates struggle to support the rural schools. |
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