The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)
Mkinga Mkinga
2 July 2009
Education curriculum in most African countries lack information on technology and entrepreneurship, thus making it difficulty for them to join the globalised world.
This was stated in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday at a meeting on basic education in Africa programme (BEAP), where curriculum development officers from eight African countries, exchanged their experiences.
Commenting at the level of higher learning institutions, Mr Samuel Kisanga, a university professor, pointed out that in recent years, the number of enrolment in universities has been increasing rapidly.
"Recently we have experienced a big number of students fail while pursuing bachelor degrees, indicating that they cannot cope with university standards on self supervision," he noted.
He said current curriculum does not prepare students to chose a right course for a career.
"We have also noticed poor communication skills. Most students cannot hold discussion, a problem which needs to be addressed by the curriculum," he said.
However, another participant said education offered in most of African countries do not cope with world changes towards market and self-employment modalities.
He added: HIV/Aids, democracy, entrepreneurship, human rights and civic education, should be included in the curriculum for better results.
Participants came from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, Seychelles, Cote'de Ivore, Gambia, Ethiopia and the host Tanzania.
The meeting is sponsored by Unesco in cooperation with Tanzania Institute of Education.
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