Indeed, he is the only key person mentioned by name for his work in the curriculum’s strategy blueprint ‘Basic Education Curriculum Framework’. ALSO READ: CS Matiang'i to unveil new CUE boardPeter Hall JonesI was fortunate to be made head teacher of a primary school in Leeds in 1992. No matter how Jones wormed his way through into the Ministry of Education, which other government today would hire a nursery school teacher to lead a major education review process? Until now, in no other country, not even in Japan, have Miyamoto’s ideas been swallowed hook, line and sinker by being mainstreamed into the national curriculum. With all due respect, how did the government, with all its capacity to draw extensive local and even foreign support to formulate a credible national curriculum, turn to a nursery school teacher and a small non-governmental organisation?

Source: Standard Digital May 12, 2017 21:00 UTC