Image: Participating teachers at the text books’ draft validation focus group
Papua New Guinea will soon have its own Science and Mathematics textbooks using local knowledge. Under the Standard Based Curriculum, these Maths and Science booklets will be used by lower primary grades.
The new text books, which are still in draft form, are under validation by pilot teachers in Port Moresby. According to the Head of the Curriculum Development Division, the feedback by the pilot teachers will play a key role in drafting the text books.
The text books will be used by grades one up to six.
This would be the first Maths and Science booklet created using local knowledge.
The newly developed text books aim to give a better illustration and simple explanation to students.
For the Curriculum Division, the partnership with JICA is a stepping –stone for the development of other materials in the Education sector. The project is funded by JICA under the QUISE-ME project.
Up to 40 teachers in Central and NCD took part in the validation process before the first drafts will be compiled for publication.
