Curriculum Research, Evaluation & Development Directorate (CREDD)

Ministry of Basic & Secondary Education

Curriculum Building

Regional Education Office 1 Complex, Kanifing

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Contact Number: (00220) 8905915 / 8905913 Mobiles (00220) 3741178 / 9271519 / 3407131 / 9807410 /

 

The Directorates Mandate:

The Curriculum Research, Evaluation and Development Directorate is responsible for curriculum design and development; curriculum research and evaluation as well as the training/orientation of teachers on curriculum materials it produced.

 

The key functions are:

 

1.         To participate in specifying the overall goals of education with a view to guiding the formulation of subject or learning area objectives.

 

2.         To give technical guidance and co-ordination in the development and production of suitable syllabuses for the basic and secondary schools.

 

3.         To provide curriculum specialist support in the development of instructional materials.

 

4.         To serve as base for the adoption, modification or further development of new curriculum materials adopted from external sources.

 

5.         To design and organise professional development courses for teachers.

 

6.         To organise in-service orientation courses for the use of new or revised curriculum packages developed for the schools.

 

7.         To design, conduct and/or coordinate relevant research on curriculum of schools and other institutions.

 

8.         To foster professional development within the teaching community by facilitating the formation of professional associations.

 

9.         To guide training and orientation courses relating to Curriculum Studies and Teaching Methodology in tertiary institutions and other areas that falls within the competence of the staff of the Directorate.

 

 

10.       To ensure that curriculum studies are appropriately delivered in training institutions concerned with teacher training.

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