DOKORA: Children To Learn Chinese And Swahili At Schools
Published: 2016 June 01 04:27:30 (4848 Views)
GOVERNMENT plans to introduce Chinese, Swahili, Portuguese and French in the new primary and secondary education curriculum.
Addressing delegates at a Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education stakeholders meeting, Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora said the new curriculum was at the initial stage as it was being prepared and piloted this year.
“The ministry is going to introduce foreign languages in the new curriculum which include French, Swahili, Chinese and Portuguese in schools.
Dokora said; “Learning areas for junior school, from Grade Three to Grade Seven, include languages, foreign Mathematics, heritage and life-skills orientation programme (LOP) — social studies, science and technology, agriculture, information and communication technology, visual and performing arts, family, religion and moral education (FAREME) and physical education, sport and mass displays,” he said.
Dokora said the Government was engaged in resource mobilisation to implement the new curriculum.
He said the vision and mission of the ministry was to be the lead provider, facilitator of inclusive, quality education for socio-economic transformation by 2020 and to provide equitable, quality, inclusive, relevant and competence-driven infant, junior, secondary and non-formal education.
Dr Dokora said the curriculum helped children in critical thinking, problem solving, among others.
- Herald
Addressing delegates at a Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education stakeholders meeting, Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora said the new curriculum was at the initial stage as it was being prepared and piloted this year.
“The ministry is going to introduce foreign languages in the new curriculum which include French, Swahili, Chinese and Portuguese in schools.
Dokora said; “Learning areas for junior school, from Grade Three to Grade Seven, include languages, foreign Mathematics, heritage and life-skills orientation programme (LOP) — social studies, science and technology, agriculture, information and communication technology, visual and performing arts, family, religion and moral education (FAREME) and physical education, sport and mass displays,” he said.
Dokora said the Government was engaged in resource mobilisation to implement the new curriculum.
He said the vision and mission of the ministry was to be the lead provider, facilitator of inclusive, quality education for socio-economic transformation by 2020 and to provide equitable, quality, inclusive, relevant and competence-driven infant, junior, secondary and non-formal education.
Dr Dokora said the curriculum helped children in critical thinking, problem solving, among others.
- Herald
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Anonymous user
2016 June 01 09:51:04
Why dont you make Shona and Ndebele,the two main languages taught nationally first instead of introducing new international languages like chinese or french which would not benefit most people?
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