The Minister of Education, Ms Janet Kataha Museveni, has tasked the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) to review the primary school curriculum and make it more relevant and up-to-date.
Officials from NCDC early this month revealed that they were set to review the curriculum in July and the exercise is expected to cost the government Shs204 billion.
Speaking yesterday during the first International Conference on Curriculum Development in Munyonyo, Ms Museveni said NCDC should not only enrich the new curriculum with contemporary knowledge and information, but also make it enjoyable for both teachers as well as learners.
Ms Museveni said she has given a go-ahead for the review of the curriculum for the primary school level of education next financial year, with support from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE).
The director of NCDC, Dr Grace Baguma, said the curriculum is not static and the current curriculum for primary education has been in existence for the last 15 years since 2007 when it was last reviewed.
Whereas Dr Baguma said the learners will be taught sciences at lower levels in the new curriculum, the Swahili language will be introduced to them in Primary Four.
