The National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA) and LeadAfrique International have organized a national stakeholders’ meeting in Accra on Monday 24th June 2019. The purpose of the meeting was to share the progress of work on the `Basics in Integrity education` project with key stakeholders and elicit feedback.
The `Basics in Integrity education` is a Lead Afrique project, working in conjunction with the National Council for Curriculum Assessment Agency of the Ministry of Education and supported by STAR Ghana Foundation. The project seeks to weave the principles of integrity into society’s fabric by churning out a new generation of creative and responsive leaders.
The project has developed a curriculum comprising: teachers’ manual and facilitators’ lesson notes; student readers; and 6-part animations to aid the teaching. This has been pretested with 770 students spread across 5 schools.
Josephine Nkrumah, Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and Chairperson for the event encouraged parents and guardians to show the right attitude around children to ensure that children picked the right values and habits as future leaders. She said:
“If we will fight corruption, then what you teach in the schools is important. The key to fighting corruption lies in our young ones who can imbibe the values easier,”
Mr. Michael Ohene-Effah, a co-founder of Lead Afrique International, indicated that corruption was one of the top causes for the lack of development in Africa over the past 40 years. He observed that it was preferable to focus on corruption prevention by striving to create a generation of people who were of high moral standing. This he suggested, is a more pro-active and preventive approach to fighting corruption.
It is anticipated that the new curriculum would be distributed to schools in Ghana upon approval by the Material Development Unit of the National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA).
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