Midlands Correspondent
Government will soon introduce practical subjects at Early Childhood Development  as it seeks to fully implement the recommendations of the Nziramasanga inquiry in education,Secretary for Primary and Secondary Education, Mrs Constance Chigwamba has said.
Speaking during a meeting with Midlands school heads soon after the official presentation of the Secretary’s Merit award to Regina Mundi in Gweru on Thursday, Mrs Chigwamba said the ministry was working on reviewing the national education curriculum to ensure technical vocational subjects were taught at primary level.

Mrs Chigwamba said her ministry was working closely with the Minister of State for Liaising on Psychomotor Activities in Education, Cde Josaya Hungwe in reviewing the curriculum.

“We are working on introducing technical vocational subjects at ECD level to ensure the pupils acquire a basic concept of technical subjects. This enables the pupils to choose either academic education or technical vocational subjects. We are going to do a curriculum review process as recommended by the Nziramasanga Commission of Inquiry.

“We would be moving in schools together with Minister Hungwe making an inquiry on how best the technical vocational subjects could be introduced. We would also for example revisit the Mathematics syllabus and offer Mathematics for practical purposes for pupils who have difficulties in academic Mathematics,” she said.

Mrs Chigwamba said the ministry was looking forward to introducing technical vocational subjects at ECD level the beginning of next year.
“We are hoping that next term we will introduce the technical vocational training at ECD level. However, we would only do so if the Cabinet approves,” she said.

The ministry was also advocating lifting of the freeze on teaching posts in a bid to address the acute shortage of teachers.
“My ministry is liaising with the responsible ministry to ensure that more teachers are recruited because there has been a shortage of teachers in the industry. However, we are advising schools to introduce e-learning as a stop gap measure.

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