The Ghana Education
Service (GES) has stated that it has no intention of introducing Arabic in
primary school.
It explained that the subjects to be
studied in literacy component under the curriculum review for primary six were
English Language, Ghanaian language (s) and French.
“As a matter of fact, none of the 152,000
kindergarten and primary school teachers who took part in the recent nationwide
orientation on the new standards-based curriculum received training in Arabic,”
a statement signed and issued by the Head of the Public Relations Unit of the
GES, Ms. Cassandra Twum Ampofo, explained.
The statement explained that though the
JHS curriculum was yet to be reviewed, “there are plans to develop a curriculum
for Arabic at the JHS level, considering its present global status as a modern
foreign language”.
It said currently, Arabic was offered in
some schools in the Islamic Education Unit, expressing the concern that the
absence of an official curriculum in Arabic had culminated in a situation where
different schools resorted to their own arrangements and materials to teach the
subject.
NaCCA
“The GES and NaCCA deem it necessary to
provide schools that are currently offering Arabic and those that wish to do so
with a curriculum.
“This will ensure the harmonization of the
study of Arabic in all such schools,” the statement explained, adding that it
would not be a compulsory subject for any school or group of persons.
The statement explained that the decision
to teach Arabic or not would be based on the individual school, as well as the
availability of an Arabic teacher.
Source:
graphiconline.com
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