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Zimbabwe to review schools curricula
26 Mar 2014 at 15:18hrs | Views
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education says it is reviewing the schools curricula, with a bias on the country's history and aspirations to uphold national values from early childhood development.
The review which will make history a compulsory subject from primary education level to secondary school is meant to redress the existing Eurocentric bias with a major thrust on Zimbabwe's historical developments.
Addressing the Joint Staff Course Number 27 at the Zimbabwe Staff College, Minister Lazarus Dokora said it is imperative that the country's history be included into all levels of education to safeguard the country's sovereignty.
"We have embarked on a total curriculum review. We will put emphasis on Zimbabwe's history. We are also for the first time going to have Tonga written at Ordinary Level this year as we have already done at Grade Seven.
"Today's current affairs shape tomorrows history and we are saying all stakeholders should come on board," he said.
The review envisages the revival of the Literature Bureau.
The subject of history has in the past years been an optional subject with European history accounting for about 54 percent of the content.
The review which will make history a compulsory subject from primary education level to secondary school is meant to redress the existing Eurocentric bias with a major thrust on Zimbabwe's historical developments.
Addressing the Joint Staff Course Number 27 at the Zimbabwe Staff College, Minister Lazarus Dokora said it is imperative that the country's history be included into all levels of education to safeguard the country's sovereignty.
"We have embarked on a total curriculum review. We will put emphasis on Zimbabwe's history. We are also for the first time going to have Tonga written at Ordinary Level this year as we have already done at Grade Seven.
"Today's current affairs shape tomorrows history and we are saying all stakeholders should come on board," he said.
The review envisages the revival of the Literature Bureau.
The subject of history has in the past years been an optional subject with European history accounting for about 54 percent of the content.
Source - zbc
