UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, GHANA

FACULTY OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS STUDIES
END OF MID-TRIMESTER EDUCATION 2019/2020
COURSE CODE AND TITLE: BES 206- CURRENT TRENDS IN BASIC EDUCATION
INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS PRECISELY ON THE SCORE CARD
EXAMINER: MAHAMA ALHASSAN DATE: 16.03.2020
SUBMISSION DATE: 2ND August, 2020 FORENOON.
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Question 01: Name the Pioneer Missionaries to have tried establishing schools in the Gold
Coast
Question 02: Apart from the three (3) areas elders emphasized the training of young people in
the African Traditional Education, identify two (2)other areas which formed part of the
curriculum of the Pre- Colonial Education in Ghana
Question 03: List two(2)recommendations the Dzobo Committee made in reference to the
provision of quality education to the Ghanaian masses in 1974.
Question 04: Why was it necessary for European Merchants in the Gold Coast to establish
castle schools? Advance two (2) reasons
Question 05:Whereas the 1852 Education Ordinance was particularly concerned about how to
finance education, the 1882 ordinance was basically concerned about…………………………………?
Question 06: Governor Guggisberg’s 1920 Education Committee investigated past efforts at
Educational Reforms, list three (3) principles he presented to the legislative assembly in 1925?
Question 07: The CPP government saw education as the keystone and happiness of the
people’s life, as a result they enacted the Accelerated Development Plan to fast-track the
delivery of quality education to the citizenry. Write on two (2) provisions of the plan
Question 08: State the three (3) main teaching methods that was utilized in the Pre- Colonial
Education in Ghana
Question 09: In reference to article 39 clause 2 of the 1992 constitution, state One (1) problem
the FCUBE sought to address
Question 10:Put yourself in the position of a Commissioner of Education today, suggest three
(3)curriculum changes you would make in the face of Free SHS and the 6:3:3:4 educational
formation if your party is voted into office
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Malik Fauz-Rahman Seinu

Question 01:
(1) Basel missionaries.

(2) Wesleyan missionaries.

(3) Bremen missionaries.

Question 02:

(1) Spiritual and intellectual.

(2)Social and Moral.

Question 03:

(1) Vocational courses should be taught in technical institutions.

(2) Schools should use local artisans as resource persons.

Question 04:

(1) The merchant needed interpreters and clerk for their trading activities

(2) They saw formal education as a tool for spreading Christian faith and colonizing the people.

Question 05:

(1) The school organization and administration.

Question 06:
(1)There should be provision of university.

(2) Equal opportunity as boys be provided for the education of girls.

(3) Primary education must be thorough, and be from the bottom to the top.

Question 07:

(1) More primary and middle schools.

(2) A tuition -free elementary education for children between the ages of 6 and 12years.

Question 08:

(1) Imitation.

(2) Participation.

(3) Observation.

Question 09:

The constitution of the Fourth Republic of Ghana Article 39(2) mandates “the provision of free,
compulsory and universal basic education.” The Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education
(FCUBE) policy in Ghana, introduced in 1992 and launched in 1996, serves to support this
mandate and frames basic education policy in Ghana. The 1996 FCUBE policy sought to expand
access to good quality basic education, promote efficient teaching and learning, improve teacher
moral and motivation through incentive programs, ensure adequate and timely supply of teaching
and learning to schools and improve teacher community relations.

Question 10:

(1) As the commissioner of education, I will make sure more schools are built to contain the population
of JHS students that are admitted into SHS, because some Senior high schools are there without
dormitories and other facilities such as library which distract the learning process, which is a serious
problem and needed to be solved. As the commissioner of education I will make sure that more
infrastructure are build to enable students study in a peaceful atmosphere so that learning can go on
well for them. (2) As the commissioner of
education I will make sure that I replaced the 3 years system senior high school education to 4 years.
This will help students in SHS to cover more of the syllabus before their final examination.
(3) looking at it nowadays majority of students under free Senior high school system are offering courses
which they didn't choose to offer. They are forced to offer them simply because they have no choice. As
the commissioner of education I will employ more experts to help the students in choosing courses they
like by making them aware of their potentials and the opportunities they will get from building on them.