Zambia: New curriculum ready next year

The ministry of Education has announced that the school curriculum currently under review will be ready by March next year. Minister of Education Dora Siliya says a team of experts will formulate the new syllabus once the review of the curriculum has been concluded.
 
She told journalist at a media briefing in Lusaka, Monday that the school curriculum is being reviewed to incorporate entrepreneurship and Information Communication Technology-ICT- skills. Ms Siliya explained that government is of the view that school leavers should have entrepreneurship and ICT skills when they complete school.
The minister said this will enable school leavers become self employed because of survival skills they will have acquired at school. And Ms Siliya said her ministry will play a critical role in the implementation of the Sixth National Development Plan -SNDP. She said under the plan government intends to build more schools in the next five years. The Sixth National Development Plan was officially launched by President Banda last week Friday.