U-Turn: NaCCA extends withdrawal of OWOP subject teaching to 2025/2026 academic year

According to a notice issued by the National Council for Curriculum & Assessment (NaCCA), the withdrawal of the teaching and study of the Pre-tertiary school subject, Our World Our People (OWOP) has been extended to the 2025/2026 academic year.

This new development by the Council was communicated in an official release dated June 28, 2024, signed by Mr. Matthew Owusu (Deputy Director-General, Technical Services).

Read the full notice below

RE: NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF OUR WORLD AND OUR PEOPLE’ FROM THE PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM

I write in respect of the meeting with the Select Committee on Education of the Parliament of Ghana, pursuant to Article 103 of the 1992 Constitution and Order 250 of the Standing Orders, on Thursday, June 21, 2024, with the management of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, and Leadership of the Ghana Publishers Association (GPA). This was in response to a petition lodged with the Committee by the GPA on the withdrawal of OWOP from the primary school curriculum.

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After extensive deliberations, the meeting adopted the following roadmap:

1. That, the effective date for the withdrawal of Our World and Our People (OWOP) should be moved from 2024/2025 academic year to 2025/2026 academic year.

2. That, the textbook of OWOP would be used as a supplementary reading material even after 2025/2026 academic year. This is because the strands and sub-strands in the OWOP would be incorporated into other subjects, as a result of the review.

3. NaCCA should continue to extensively engage the leadership of the Ghana Publishers Association on the review and any proposed changes in the curriculum with respect to textbook development.

In line with the above, I write to communicate the above roadmap to your outfit for further action.

SOURCE: Coverghana.com.gh