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Curriculum 21 Curriculum 2005
IN
OUT
. Subject to negotiation, as from
2006 a General Education and
Training Certificate will be
awarded to pupils when they
complete Grade 9
Myths
. Curriculum 2005 has nothing
to do with content.
. In Curriculum 2005 anything
goes
. Curriculum 2005 will not involve
the use of textbooks
. Group work is compulsory for
the implementation of Curriculum
2005
Stays
. The principle of outcomesbased
education
. Learning is child-centred and
is accomplished through activities
. The same three learning programmes
for Grades 1 to 3:
literacy, numeracy and life
skills
. Critical outcomes or learning
goals that state what a pupil
should be able to learn in every
grade, including maths and
language skills, problem solving
and critical thinking
(Sunday Times, 4 June 2000:6; The Teacher/Mail & Guardian, 12 September 2000:1±4;
Beeld, 1 June 2000:1).
It needs to be noted that Cabinet on 25 July 2000 decided that since the
recommendations of the C2005 Review Committee amount to a
strengthening and streamlining of C2005 and not its phasing out, and
therefore do not depart from the original underpinning principles, and
since they maintain the thrust of the original educational and societal
goals, there is no need to change the name of the curriculum to
Curriculum 21.