“We can’t vouch for credibility of authors of controversial history textbook” – NaCCA reveals
Professor Edward Appiah, the Director General of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), has shockingly revealed that his outfit cannot vouch for the authors of the controversial textbook that denigrated Christianity.
“We can’t vouch for the credibility or authenticity of the author, but our checklist is such that if they are not credible it will take you off.”
Prof. Appiah explained that the “publishers will normally contract writers, they will even contract university lecturers to write for them, and they are just publishers. There are some people who also write books and sell them to publishers and the publishers can be anybody so far as you can establish a publishing company but our rubric and our checklist will indicate who is writing and their level and all that.”
NaCCA urged the urgent withdrawal of the book “History of Ghana for Basic Schools – Learners’ Book Four,” released by Excellence Publications, on Thursday, May 25.
The released book’s content, according to NaCCA, does not fully match the curriculum that has been approved.
Parts of the textbook in use inaccurately claim that Christianity is to blame for poverty and that religion has sparked violent conflicts in Ghana and across the globe.
The textbook asserts that people who practice religion are less motivated to find workable solutions to the problems with their current living arrangements.
Source: Citinewsroom
