Authors and Publishers in Ghana have been equipped with the knowledge to handle the new Ghana Education Service curricula. 

The beneficiaries will now be able to transfer the new standard based curriculum knowledge into textbooks and other instructional materials for pre-tertiary schools.

A curriculum is an important guide that assists teachers and instructors in properly delivering quality content.

A curriculum ensures the education that learners receive, is of value and will have a positive impact.

A newly developed curriculum for Ghanaian schools by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) demands that learners' learning opportunities are maximized. 

This has necessitated a capacity and knowledge-building on the new NaCCA curriculum workshop for publishers and writers of books for Ghanaian schools. 

The workshop will allow publishers and writers to transfer information in the standard base curriculum into textbooks and other instructional material. 

Mr. John Akwasi Amponsah, the President of the Ghana National Association of Authors and publishers, explains the training is in line with the Association’s commitment to keep up with the pace of modern learning and teaching.

“This will meet international standards and our children are going to come out of school digitally literate, critical thinkers, and problem solvers to collaborate effectively, communicate to solve problems, and thrive in the future.

“There will be a tremendous shift from our traditional practice of book writing to a new era of book writing that is aimed at building core values and skills for our children. We need to be abreast with the skills of today's generation, including critical thinking, collaboration, digital literacy, problem-solving, imagination, and creativity," he said.

Professor Edward Appiah, the Director General of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) said the workshop will enable beneficiaries to transition to the standardized learning approach.

“We find the training necessary because we have moved from an objective base to the standard base. And what that means is that we have to build the capacity of writers and publishers so that they can actually transfer the vision of the standard base approach to the learning and instructional material.

“It is our responsibility as an agency that has been given the mandate to make sure we provide standard assessments in the curriculum to do that,” he said. 

The workshop was supported by the British Council in collaboration with the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA)