Revise disastrous new ‘colonial’ curriculum, urges Prof Chirwa
By Chinoyi Chipulu
International inventor Professor Clive Chirwa has urged the government of Zambia to revise the new education curriculum as it is a disaster.
And Prof Chirwa says Zambia has too many “educated illiterates” who have failed to address the country’s problems.
The government has launched a new curriculum framework in the education system, reducing early childhood education from four to three years and the primary education system would run from grade one to six with eligible age entry also being reduced from 7 to 6 years.
The secondary education level had been restructured and increased from five to six years
Speaking in Lusaka recently, Prof Chirwa frowned upon the new education system.
Prof Chirwa said the colonial system would never develop the country hence the government should adopt a system to take the country forward.
“Now they have introduced this curriculum for primary and secondary schools where you have primary schools for six years instead of seven years which is a disaster, it’s a total disaster,” Prof Chirwa said. “You can not reduce the number of years for the young ones. You are killing the boy student … There are curves which show that girls do well at the beginning and then boys
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What is man talking about? In Emgland where he lives have they not had the same system since the 1950s or 60s.
Now we have announced changes the man that failed to account for eurobond while agitating for it wants to keep thinking his opinion matters in a country he doesnt live not are we even aware that the change will have a bearing on him, his children or grandchildren? So what is his interest again?
Please Clive Chirwa sit down and keep quiet. You want to render your gwlp when its convient, give an opinion when it suits you. Yet ngaki kuli njala. Mu taba no yenda kuli bazungu, detatching yourself from iota of suffering. We dont want. Pls shut up and live there with your ba zungus you have chosen. Ma selection ya so yayi…
He wishes to introduce Russian education system. This man is a bellend!
After failing to revamp the Zambia Railways, then you want to jump to Education. The Eurobond was squandered without anything to point at, so why that noise now. If the same curriculum is doing fine in England, how can it be a disaster in Zambia? Are you not just seeking attention bwana?
The Zambian education system has been changed more than 4 times in the past 20 years. As for the latest change , my only worry is the funding for its implementation because this is also going to affect the universities.
Why do we change so much our education system instead of focussing on enriching the syllabi ?
All professors I have met were polite in their discourse even when they were expressing disagreement and disappointment.