The Unified Anambra State Universal Basic Education Teaching Modules for Primary Schools has been launched in Anambra State. The event held at the Archbishop Obiefuna Retreat and Conference Centre, Okpuno, Awka, during the annual Leadership Retreat of Headteachers, Officers-in-charge and Directors in the Basic Education sector.
Unveiling the Unified Teaching Modules, Governor Chukwuma Soludo, represented by the Commissioner for Education, Professor Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr Ifeoma Agbaizu, commended the Headteachers for assisting the Ministry of Education to implement the Governor’s lofty agenda in the education of Anambra children.
In a remark, the House Committee Chairman on Education, Honourable Anayo Okpaleke, represented by Honorable Augustine Ikeh and the House Committee Chairman on Finance and Appropriation, honourable Ejike Okechukwu, appealed to the Headteachers to change their mindset and love their job, irrespective of their pay as according to her, the success of the society is in the hands of teachers.
Earlier in her address, the Executive Chairman, ASUBEB, Dr. Vera Nwadinobi, stated that curriculum is all about the planned experience given to a learner under the auspices of the school, which the National Education Research and Development Council, NERDC, normally develops and hands over to the experts to break down into the scheme of work.
Presenting her report, the Chairman, Curriculum Content Review Committee, Lady Stella Ezepue, who is also the Director of Quality Assurance, ASUBEB, Awka, noted that the idea of curriculum contents review in the State was to entrench uniformity of the scheme of work across the State.