NaCCA: What does the New JHS & SHS curriculum seek to achieve?

The Ghana Education Service (GES) with the NaCCA would place guidance and counseling personnel in Junior high and senior high schools (shs) so they help prepare and educate students ahead of the full launch of the new curriculum for secondary schools in Ghana.

The new curriculum was set up to be implemented next academic year.

The purpose of the curriculum is to provide SHS students with a more flexible and personalised learning experience.

Speaking to JoyNews’ Emefa Apawu on The Probe, the Director General of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), Prof Edward Appiah said plans are far advanced.

“GES is moving all their guidance and counselling staff who are in the classroom. Now they will be focusing on these activities and they will be having their offices in the schools to guide the children. Of course, the teachers will also help with that.

“We want to even start from JHS 3 so that the children going to SHS 1 will at least have an idea,” he said.

When asked about the availability of teaching and learning materials for the new curriculum, Prof. Appiah assured that there would be all materials available before full implementation.

“NaCCA, our mandate is to assess and approve textbooks, we don’t develop textbooks. However, knowing that this is a new curriculum, we had to develop resource materials for the schools and the learners.

“For the teachers, we are done. I have told you about the teacher manual. So each manual for each subject,” he explained.

Background of the new education curriculum by NaCCA

The NaCCA recently launched a manual for teachers in Ghana in preparation for the rollout of the new standard-based curriculum for Senior High Schools.

The Director General of NaCCA, Professor Edward Appiah, unveiled the manual at Yaa Asantewaa Girls Senior High School in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

Prior to the manual’s launch, NaCCA announced that the new curriculum for Senior High School students will permit them to study both science and arts-related courses concurrently. This initiative aims to allow students to pursue any course of their choice at the tertiary level without restrictions.

According to NaCCA, unlike the old curriculum, where arts students were not allowed to learn major aspects of science, the new curriculum removes such barriers, providing SHS students with more comprehensive educational opportunities.

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Mr Reginald Quartey, the Acting Director in Charge of Curriculum at NaCCA, explained this during a media engagement session with journalists from across the country.

The media engagement event, held from Tuesday, May 14 to Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at the Volta Serene Hotel in Ho, Volta Region, brought together numerous top journalists from all regions in Ghana.

During the engagement, resource persons from NaCCA guided the media through all aspects of the new curriculum for SHS students.

Mr Reginald Quartey said that the new Senior High School Curriculum will focus on social, emotional, and behavioural issues as well as values.

He stated that education should empower individuals to positively contribute to society.

NaCCA also revealed that the new curriculum permits students to select between seven and nine subjects based on their abilities.

Exceptionally talented students may opt to take more than nine subjects.

This curriculum is intended for grammar, STEM, and technical schools nationwide.

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