The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) which has been working together with the Ministry of Education announced that it has successfully completed the development of the second phase of the Pre-tertiary curriculum Common Core Programme (CCP) Curriculum for Basic 7 to Basic 9 (B7–B9).
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The new curriculum has been handed over to the Ghana Education Service (GES) for implementation in 2021/2022 academic year. NaCCA, which is mandated to manage the process of assessment and approval of textbooks and other educational materials for use in all pre-tertiary schools, hereby requests all Publishers and educational material developers to submit their materials based on the new curriculum for assessment.
NaCCA stated that it entreats Publishers to submit their books whenever they are completed, for assessment and Publishers can also get a copy of the new Curriculum for JHS from the NaCCA Head Office, South Ridge, Accra.
Learning Areas and Materials Required by NaCCA
The subject areas include; Arabic Language, Career Technology, Computing, Creative Arts and Design, English Language, French Language, Ghanaian Languages, Mathematics, Physical and Health Education, Religious and Moral Education, Science and Social Studies. NaCCA stated that it requires both Leaners’ books and Facilitator’s Guides for each grade of the learning area.
It emphatically stated that only learners books and facilitator’s guides which have been assessed and listed on the approved titles database of NaCCA will be eligible for use in Ghanaian schools.
Suitably qualified school textbook publishers, registered in Ghana, are now invited to download the Submission Guidelines from the NaCCA website. Publisher’ submissions for the Common Core Programme must be made in the form and in the number of copies prescribed in the Common Core Programme Submission Guidelines, to the NaCCA Head Office, South Ridge Road, Accra.
