Lower secondary schools curriculum to equip leaners with life skills

According to NCDC, the new curriculum aims at building a holistic Education for Personal and National Development.

As the government continues to roll out the new lower secondary schools curriculum, the National Curriculum Development Center (NCDC) has emphasized that learners who need to gain value from the curriculum have to be mentored with life skills.

Dr Grace Baguma, the Director of the National Curriculum Development Centre, explained that if there’s something a child is nurtured to value, they will be able to analyze indiscipline situations such as homosexuality which are paving the way in schools.

In February 2020, the New Lower Secondary School Curriculum (NLSC) was rolled out in a phased approach aiming at improving the quality and relevance of secondary education.

Now, Dr Baguma has reiterated that for learners to attain quality education under this curriculum, they will have to be mentored with life skills and values such as critical thinking, and respect for elders among others.

“That means the child is able to analyse situations, and know that this is homosexuality and am not going for it, and other new emerging issues in our societies. The new lower secondary curriculum has touched on those, and when we get interventions from NGOs, that means they are going a long way to support the efforts of government,” she noted.

According to Baguma learners are being nurtured holistically through the curriculum, not only to be academically excellent, but also to be able to adapt to good behaviour in society, physical outfit, and benefit the society where they come from.

Meanwhile, Akite Brenda the associate head of government relations and partnerships at STIR education, said that in order for the teachers to fully maximize their efforts in t eh new curriculum, teachers have gone through training to transition from a fixed mindset to having a growth mindset.

“As they try to incorporate the strategies highlighted in the lower secondary schools curriculum, some of them may feel its time consuming which affects them in completing the curriculum. Yet the core has I taught the children what they intended to learn, or have I met my target of what I intended to teach,” she explained.

She added that schools whose teachers have attended more of the training, have been able to access two continuous additional professional development sessions, and through those sessions, they are introduced to evidence best teaching strategies.

According to NCDC, the new curriculum aims at building a holistic Education for Personal and National Development. The review, therefore, envisions producing a secondary school graduate with employable skills, which are competitive in the job market.

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