CONTINUING EDUCATION STUDENTS TO FINISH THE OLD CURRICULUM

By Kirong Shadrack

All education students from first year to the outgoing final fourth years will have to do all the common courses as per the old curriculum. Confirming the new changes acting dean in the School of Education, Dr. J.K Chang’ach, added that the school will now be offering its own courses. However the newly introduced curriculum started with the first years that are currently in session.

Dr. Chang’ach was responding to questions by fourth year education students over the delay in registration of their common courses in the School of Human Resources and Development (IRD 400 and IRD 407). These were missing on the timetable. He reassured the students that everything was in order.


Speaking separately to the 3rd Eye, Timetable and Examination Officer in the School, Mr. George Kegode, admitted the omission of the courses citing a planned joint-class programme for students in both schools. However, he has promised that he will draft new timetables which include all the courses that were left out by this Friday.

In the past, most courses in the School of Education were offered in collaboration with other schools. However this might be a thing of the past according to Dr Chang’ach as the School is now independent and can offer its own courses.

The new changes include change in course titles and introduction of common courses. All IRD courses previously offered by the School of Human Resources and Development will be offered by the Department of Curriculum, Instructions and Media (CIM). The rest of the courses; Mathematics, History, Geography, Religion and Literature will be titled EDM, EDH, EDG, EDR and EDL respectively.

The new changes will also affect the post graduate students, especially those who are under the new curriculum as they will strictly be taking their lectures from the school. However students who are under the old curriculum will be flexible to do their post graduate studies from the School of Arts and Social Sciences as has been the tradition.