General News of Monday, 15 October 2018Source: Myjoyonline.comDeputy Education Minister backs Dr Kaufmann: 'Current SHS curriculum kills innovation'Deputy Education Minister, Dr Yaw AdutwumDeputy Education Minister, Dr Yaw Adutwum, has made a critical appraisal of Ghana’s senior high school(SHS) curriculum, describing it as a major impediment to innovation. “We box them [SHS students] into these boxes called Visual Arts, and Science and General Arts, that is the worse form of curriculum you can give to high school students. Because when those students are growing up [from] Junior High School, what does she know to say I want to do Home Economics? “All science students should be able to do Visual Arts and Performing Arts. The National Council for Curricula Assessment (NACCA) is currently holding stakeholder consultations to change the high school and junior high school aspects Ghana’s curriculum, the Deputy Education Minister revealed.

Source: GhanaWeb October 15, 2018 11:45 UTC