Heritage-based Curriculum doomed to fail

IN our NewsDay edition yesterday we carried a front-page story titled Storm brews over Heritage-based Curriculum in which the country’s teacher unions expressed serious concern that the recently proposed Heritage-based Curriculum uncomfortably closely mirrors the ruling Zanu PF party’s manifesto.

The unions are, for instance, arguing against the imposition of “heritage studies as the only compulsory subject that could educate citizens on rights, duties and obligations” because “it is not a product of broad consultation, but imposition from above for political expediency” and the subject risks rejection and premature death because its success is “heavily dependent on demotivated teachers”.

To prove their reservations, the unions cite the recently scrapped Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (Cala), a programme which involved learning activities, projects or assessment that required learners to perform, demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and proficiency.

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