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SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1982
TEACHERS INVITED TO TAKE PART IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS NOW LOOKING FOR 12 HIGH-CALIBRE TEACHERS TO TAKE PART IN A ONE-YEAR EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT AIMED AT IMPROVING THE CURRICULUM OF CERTAIN SUBJECTS IN THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LEVELS.
IN CIRCULARS RECENTLY SENT TO HEADS OF GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THE DEPARTMENT IS INVITING SCHOOL HEADS TO NOMINATE SUITABLE TEACHERS TO TAKE PART IN THE PROJECT WHICH WILL START THIS SEPTEMBER.
ONCE SELECTED, THESE TEACHERS WILL BE RELEASED BY THEIR SCHOOLS FROM THE IR TEACHING DUTIES FOR ONE YEAR STARTING FROM SEPTEMBER 1 1982 AND WILL WORK FULL-TIME IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADVISORY INSPECTORATE.
THE SCHEME IS ONE OF THE PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN THE 1978 WHITE PAPER ON SENIOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION AND IN THE 1981 WHITE PAPER ON PRIMARY EDUCATION AND PRE-PRIMARY SERVICES.
IN THE SECONDARY SECTOR, A TEAM OF SIX TEACHERS COMPRISING THREE EDUCATION OFFICERS FROM GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND THREE TEACHERS FROM AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHO SHOULD BE IN THE SENIOR GRADUATE MASTER RANK, WILL BE SET UP TO WORK ON THE TRIAL PROJECT.
THE TEAM MEMBERS WILL WORK IN PAIRS, EACH CONCENTRATING ON ONE
THE SUBJECT AREAS SUBJECT AREA IN THE SECONDARY CURRICULUM. SELECTED FOR 1982/83 WILL BE HUMAN BIOLOGY, COMPUTER STUDIES AND SOCIAL STUDIES.
THE MAIN DUTY OF THE TEAM WILL BE TO PREPARE MODEL TEACHING PROGRAMMES AND SUPPORTING MATERIALS FOR THE VARIOUS SUBJECTS, AND THROUGH IN-SERVICE TRAINING TO FAMILIARISE TEACHERS WITH THEIR USE.
EACH MEMBER OF THE TEAM SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST THREE YEARS' RECENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN ONE OF THE SUBJECT AREAS COVERED BY THE PROJECT.
IN THE PRIMARY SECTOR, SIX TEACHERS WILL ALSO BE SELECTED AND THEY WILL WORK IN TWO TEAMS ON THE SUBJECT AREAS OF SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES. THE TEAMS WILL BE MADE UP OF TWO ASSISTANT MASTERS FROM GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND FOUR SENIOR TEACHERS (ASSISTANT MASTERS) FROM AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
THEIR MAIN DUTY WILL BE TO DEVELOP TEACHING MATERIALS TO SUPPORT THE SUBJECT AREAS SELECTED.
EACH TEAM MEMBER SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 10 YEARS' TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND SHOULD HAVE SERVED IN THE ASSISTANT MASTER RANK FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS.
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