HOw was Standard based education or curriculum introduced in PNG?The introduction of SDE or SDC followed the PNG Governments NEC Decision No.194/2008
Outcome-Based Education in schools throughout the country. This decision is contained in the National Executive Council (NEC) Decision No.194/2008 item 12 which states: “The Committee agreed that the outcomes-based education and the elementary system should be done away with. That an exit strategy be established, especially for the elementary system.”(p.2).
learning, and identify the gaps. Based upon the evidence provided from this analysis, an OBE exit strategy will then be developed and implemented. This is the Department of Education’s response to National Executive Council Decisions to review and exit Outcome Based Education and the development of a new curriculum. This includes: • OBE Exit Consultative Forum-Resolutions and Recommendations. • Setting up of the OBE Exit Technical Working Team (OBEETWT) and the OBE Exit Secretariat (OBEES) who began their work on the Report of the Task Force for the Review of Outcomes Based Education. The review of outcome based educationReport of the Task Force for the Review of Outcomes Based Education.
problems experienced in the implementation of the Outcome Based Education (OBE) system. The NEC decision was in the response to wide-ranging public comment from a variety of stakeholders such as teachers, parents, school administrators, church agencies and academics, over several years, on the implementation of the OBE curriculum.
Ownership and leadership should be in the hands of the country’s own citizens, from among whom stake-holders, experts and professionals can be invited to act as resource persons. The Task Force report heighted eight high level recommendations and in the third recommendation the government advised to establish a independent Expert Panel, and worked in partnership with DoE, to prepare the way for curriculum reform.
Subject Frameworks, Syllabuses and Teacher Guides have been linked, to develop the content standards, benchmarks, teaching and learning lesson activities to performance standards and assessment in partnership with DoE curriculum development division.
In Summary
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