Starting from September 2019, a new Upper Primary (Primary 1-4) Science Syllabus by the Ghana Education Service (GES) is to be used by all schools.
The minister of education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh justified the rationale behind the new Science Syllabus when he stated: “Science forms an integral part of our everyday life and it is a universal truth that development is hinged on science. Science and Technology is the
backbone of social, economic, political, and physical development of a country.
It is a never-ending creative process, which serves to promote discovery and understanding. It consists of a body of knowledge which attempts to explain and interpret phenomena and experiences. Science has changed our
lives and it is vital to Ghana’s future development.
To provide quality science education, teachers must facilitate learning in the science classroom. This will provide the foundations for discovering and understanding the world around us and lay the grounds for science and science related studies at higher levels of education.
Learners should be encouraged to understand how science can be used to explain what is occurring, predict how things will behave and analyse causes and origin of things in
our environment.
The science curriculum has considered the desired outcomes of education for learners at the basic level. Science is also concerned with the development of attitudes and therefore it is important for all citizens to be scientifically and technologically literate for sustainable development.
Science therefore ought to be taught using hands-on and minds-on approaches which learners will find as fun and adopt science as a culture”.
Click here to download the syllabus.
