The Ghana Book Publishers Association says textbooks developed based on the new curriculum, will not be available in schools when the new academic year commences next week.
President of the Book Publishers Association, Eliot Agyare, says his members are currently developing the books to submit to the National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NACA) for evaluation.
The delay, he says, will impact negatively on academic work.
“The policy paper 23 makes a very strong case that every child needs a textbook. Secondly, from all the researches that we have come across, it says that next to an engaged and prepared teacher is a good and well-designed textbook. This is not contested.
“The textbook is the student’s best friend. When they go home that is what they engage in,” he told Joy News.
“Unfortunately in our planning, the textbooks were not going to be in place at the same time as implementing the policy,” Eliot Agyare stated.
According to him, everything must, therefore, be done to ensure that the books get to the schools as soon as possible.
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