Education Minister Inaugurates 13-Member Committee for KG to Primary 6 Curriculum Review

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Ellis Ferdinand
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Education Minister Inaugurates 13-Member Committee for KG to Primary 6 Curriculum Review
Education Minister Inaugurates 13-Member Committee for KG to Primary 6 Curriculum Review

Ferdinand | EducationGhana |  April 16| Education Minister Inaugurates 13-Member Committee for KG to Primary 6 Curriculum Review

 

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu inaugurates a 13-member committee to review Ghana’s KG to Primary 6 curriculum, calling for resolution of the debate on Ghana’s founding.

 

Accra, Ghana—April 2025—  The Minister for Education, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, has officially inaugurated a 13-member Steering Committee to lead a comprehensive review of Ghana’s Kindergarten to Primary 6 curriculum.

The initiative is part of broader reforms aimed at improving foundational learning outcomes and aligning early education with the nation’s development goals.

At the inauguration ceremony, Hon. Iddrisu emphasised the importance of building a curriculum that fosters critical thinking, patriotism, and 21st-century competencies in young learners. He specifically tasked the committee to resolve the long-standing national debate on the founding of Ghana, which has often sparked political and historical contention within educational content.

“The classroom is where we shape minds. We must give our children clarity and pride in their history,” the Minister said. “This committee has the opportunity to finally settle this issue in a scholarly and balanced manner.”

Committee’s Mandate:

  • Review and update curriculum content from KG to Basic 6.
  • Incorporate emerging global best practices in early childhood education.
  • Recommend improvements in teaching materials and assessment tools.
  • Ensure historical accuracy, particularly on Ghana’s independence narrative and founding figures.

The committee brings together educationists, curriculum experts, historians, and child development specialists who are expected to complete their work within the next six months.

“To succeed, our children need more than academic knowledge; they need to be critical thinkers to solve problems. Next year, we are looking at launching an initiative dubbed, ‘Beyond Academic Skills’ to have at least an hour or more for learners to undertake some national exercise like farming or painting,” he said.


He stated that that would build their mental aptitude for practical things, build their assertiveness, and make them responsible learners.

He charged the committee to develop a curriculum that would identify the learners with their national values, ethics and integrity to work for the good of society.

The Minister urged them to be intentional about the teaching of Ghana’s rich history to be abreast of the country’s heritage and values, among other things.


“Your review must settle the matter of who is the founder of Ghana and set the records on the historical records of the country, devoid of manipulation,” he said.

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Membership

 
The committee, which the minister chairs, includes Mrs. Mamle Andrews, Chief Director of the Ministry of Education (MOE); Professor George K.T. Oduro, Technical Advisor to the Minister; Professor Dzakadzie, Director General of the National Council for Curriculum Assessment; Professor Ernest Kofi Davis, Director General of GES; and Professor Azeko Salifu Tahiru, Inspector of Schools, National Schools Inspectorate Authority.


Others are Prof. Christian Addai Poku, Registrar, National Teaching Council; Dr Eric Adzore, Director General, TVET Service; Nana Baffour Awuah, Director, Pre-Tertiary of MOE; and Ms Rejoice Dankwa, Director, TVET.


The rest are Mr Insah Shirzu, Director, Planning, Budgeting, Monitoring and Evaluation, MOE; Mavis Asare Donkor, Director, General Administration, MOE; and Dr Samuel Awuku, Education and Development Consultant.

This curriculum review marks another step in the Ministry’s agenda to elevate Ghana’s education system and ensure that every child receives quality, relevant, and historically grounded learning from the earliest years.

 

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