Reinstating Of Exams On Summit Agenda
Fiji Teachers Union general secretary, Muniappa Goundar gave his thoughts on the proposal to bring back exams for students in these levels
Tuesday 23 May 2023 | 16:10
Minister for Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations, Agni Deo Singh (sitting: second from left) and new Fiji Teachers Union (FTU) General Secretary, Muniappa Goundar (sitting third from left) during the 93rd Annual Conference and General Meeting in Labasa last week.
The reintroduction of internal exams for students in Years One to Three will be up for discussion during the upcoming Education Summit.
Fiji Teachers Union general secretary, Muniappa Goundar gave his thoughts on the proposal to bring back exams for students in these levels
He said exams were scrapped for these levels during the tenure of the former Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts, Premila Kumar.
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She had highlighted that this was done to focus on the child’s early stages of learning, knowledge building, enhancing numeracy and literacy skills.
This led to the introduction of a new curriculum, Civics and Moral Education, for Years One to Three, to allow important values to be learnt at a young age for students.
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