Commencing from the 2024/2025 academic year, Senior High School (SHS) students opting for elective science will no longer be compelled to enroll in Core Mathematics and Integrated Science, according to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA).
Professor Edward Appiah, the Director General of NaCCA, underscored that this adjustment forms part of the updated curriculum aimed at enriching the educational system.
Highlighting that science students already extensively explore Mathematics and Science, he elucidated the rationale behind removing the supplementary coursework during an interview with JoyNews on February 6, 2023.
“This is part of the new curriculum we are implementing, from primary to junior high and the final one is the SHS. We used to have Core Maths and Electives Maths for all students, they do Core Maths, and then the Science students will also add Elective Maths. But with the new curriculum, you will do Core Maths which is additional Maths and that is what the Pure Science students do. They won’t do any other Maths because what they are going to do is good enough for them to do their subjects,” he stated.
He clarified that the prerequisite for Science students to undertake Integrated Science in SHS originated from the perceived deficiency in the Science curriculum during junior high school.
