History curriculum overhaul in SA schools
The team will conduct provincial consultation and obtain inputs into the new history curriculum
A MINISTERIAL task team has been reappointed to overhaul the history curriculum to make it more Afrocentric and relevant to South African learners.
The curriculum for Grade 4 to 12 will be more representative and cover ‘multiple perspectives, rather than one main dominant and distorted narrative’.
They will conduct provincial consultation with the education sector and screen textbooks to ensure alignments with the new curriculum.
The feasibility of making history a compulsory subject will also be considered.
‘Inside and outside of the education sector there has been a lot of excitement and anticipation regarding the overhaul of our history education in schools, which has been characterised by many as perpetuating a colonial or western perspective,’ said Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga.
‘I believe that a comprehensive, well-rounded and accurate teaching of history will help our learners understand themselves better and assist the country in moving forward together,’
The task team will increase the scope of the initial comparative study by including countries such as China, India, Russia, Brazil, Nigeria, Rwanda and Zimbabwe.
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