Man Jose Kayima
The National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) have revealed that the number of subjects that will be offered by students at A-Level will be reduced in the proposed curriculum under review.
NCDC early this year embarked on revising the A-Level curriculum to benefit the students currently undertaking the new lower secondary school curriculum.
The Deputy Director of Research, Consultancy, and Library Services at NCDC, Dr Richard Irumba asserts that students will start offering two principal subjects as opposed to the three they have been studying in the current curriculum.
“If a student wants to undertake a course in human medicine, that student needs only biology and Chemistry. Now we are saying why should that student be forced to add Physics or Mathematics which is not considered?” Dr Irumba said.
“We are saying let that student concentrate and focus on the two subjects that they need to be admitted in the profession of their choice.” Said Irumba as quoted by Daily Monitor
A-Level students under the current curriculum offer four subjects including three principal subjects and one subsidiary subject.
Once the curriculum is approved, learners will study only two principal subjects that are considered by higher tertiary institutions to admit students into courses of their choice.
