elementary schools

The delivery of the SBC elementary syllabuses, teacher guides and English kits to all elementary schools throughout the country was launched on January 22.

However, to date, close to 7000 elementary schools are yet to receive their learning materials.

Each SBC kit contains teacher’s guides for elementary prep, E1 and E2 with daily lesson plans, a set of flash cards, posters, 4GB SD Card and its plastic adapter and CD.

SBC learning kits are now being delivered to 7,000 elementary schools across the country.

Minister for Education, Nick Kuman, is calling on all divisions of the Department, including stakeholders, to support the curriculum reform.

Kuman said standards need to be set to allow SBC to move forward.

The change must start from the department, then to the regions, provinces, districts and schools.

Secretary for Education Dr Uke Kombra said one of the changes that have been included in the new curriculum for elementary schools is the teaching of English subject.

Kombra instructed schools to continue to use the current curriculum support materials been used in the schools to help plan and teach the lessons.

Schools are instructed to teach English as a subject starting at the elementary prep grade.