Connecting the Dots.
Every lesson, topic, or sub - strands is a Dot in the life of the learner.
Connecting these Dots is the general aim of the Curriculum.
The work of the teacher is to help the child connect these Dots.
These Dots if carefully connected would help mould, transform and bring out the hidden Dots in the life of the child.
The situation currently in our schools, unfortunate, as it may be, is the pressure from the Society and Government for teachers to dwell on the Dots but not necessarily teach the Dots.
Society is unnecessarily demanding from teachers, what I called 'Wishful Thinking'.
Standardized testing regime does not help teachers to Connects these Dots.
Very soon, our children at the Basic School Level would be forced to undertake a Meaningless, Intimidating and Stressful One Week Marathon of Recalling also called BECE. Their elder brothers and sisters are also taking the WASSCE.
These Exams, that is the Basic Education Certificate Examination and the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations, have nothing to do with these Dots.
They don't measure whether these Dots as contained in the Curriculum have been Connected.
Take for Example, in our English Curriculum, a JHS Child should be able to Fill and Complete a Form. But, just invite a typical JHS or an SHS Graduate and give him or her a Simple Admission forms to Fill. Just try it.
It is time we connect these Dots. It is time we look for these Dots in our Curriculum and Connect them.
Government should provide all the necessary tools to help teachers Connects these Dots. No school in the 21st Century should be without Electricity or a Computer.
Our children are already stressed. These Exams Regime is Stressful. But, the truth is, it doe not measure any meaningful Dots in the life of the child.
If you really want to know the number of Unconnected Dots, just look at the huge number of Ghanaian Children looking for Employment.
What we can do in the interim, is to abolish the BECE and the WASSCE. We must empower the teacher to Connect the Dots. Activity Based lessons should be encouraged and rewarded.
The time to Connect these Dots is Now....
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