about curriculum innovation

1. Addressing the Future:
Curriculum Innovations
Curriculum managers and educational
experts are always looking for ways to
achieve better learning though teaching.

2. Curricular Issues and Concerns
1. Poor academic performance of
learners.
Issues on the varried implementation of
the curriculum among schools and
teachers seem to be one of the reasons
for the prevailing low performance of
shools all over the country.

3. 2. Curricular innovations lack the
sense of ownership from
stakeholders.
3. Some curricular innovations are
results of bandwagon but are not
well supported by managers.
4. Lack of regular monitoring and
evaluation.

4. 5. Lack of regular monitoring and
evaluation.
After a new curriculum has been installed, it is left
unattended.
6. Innovations results to teacher burn out.
Most of the teachers cannot adjust to the changes
that are being introduced.
7. Innovations are not communicated at
all.

5. Responses to Issues and Concerns
1. The BEC is an example of an innovation that
tries to address the continuous decline in
learners’ performance in basic education.
2. In the installation of a new curriculum or
innovation, all stakeholders should be
involved.
3. There is a need to respond to the fast
changing times in terms of school curriculum
innovations.

6. 4. General practice seems to show that
when a new curriculum is introduced
or implemented, it ends without
reports of result.
5. Collaboration in the implementation
of a new curriculum is very
necessary.
“Thank you for listening and Godbless….”