General News of Wednesday, 3 October 2018Source: Graphic.com.ghSubjects studied in basic schools to be reduced - GESMinister for Education, Matthew Opoku PrempehThe number of subjects studied at the basic educational level in the country are to be reduced from the 2019-2020 academic year, the Ghana Education Service (GES), has said. Once the number of subjects is reduced, final-year junior high school (JHS) students who write the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) would be examined only in those subjects. In fact, there are certain knowledge areas which must wait until children are mature so that they would be able to absorb the technicalities of those knowledge areas better,” he said. We are not throwing away anything, we would consolidate some knowledge areas that are relevant and worthwhile,” he explained. “The NCCA has been tasked to review the number of subjects, the content and the structure of the basic school curriculum.

Source: GhanaWeb October 03, 2018 09:11 UTC