The Ministry of Education and Sports has said that the implementation of the newly developed lower secondary school curriculum will start in February 2020.
Over the past 30 years, Uganda’s lower secondary curriculum has only been changed by adding content. In spite of new subjects and new content being added, important major areas remain excluded. For example earth sciences has no mention in the curriculum.
According to national curriculum development centre, the re-conceptualized curriculum will develop the learning skills needed to ensure that all graduating students can think critically and study effectively, that they possess the range of generic skills to be successful in their personal and social lives, in making a living, and rendering them employable in the widest sense.
The new curriculum is competence-based and will see a school teach 12 subjects at Senior One and Two, of which 11 will be compulsory while one will be from an elective menu (optional).
Under the new curriculum teachers will compile the learners’ achievements under the formative assessment in the four-year cycle, find an average score and submit it to the UNEB to contribute at least 20 per cent in the final national examinations grading.
Reforms will also address the social and economic needs of Uganda helping it move towards a system where the needs of all learners are met and their full potential is realised.
