The Founder of the Christian University College Ghana (CUC), Reverend Doctor Devine Amattey, has called for the reintroduction of experimental school concept at the basic school level if the country desires to make the best of its educational reforms.
He said the experimental school concept provided the avenue for the state to pilot new educational policies before escalating it to cover all schools. "For every new policy at the basic level to achieve its set objectives, it is important for that policy to be piloted and then the necessary corrective measures are done before a full roll out and that was the essence of the experimental basic school concept," he said.
The experimental school concept was evolved in the late 1960s as a vehicle to pilot new educational reforms or policies before escalating those reforms across the whole country. •Reverend Dr Devine Amattey (left) being interviewed Photo: Victor A.
Buxton It played a significant role in the introduction of the Junior Secondary School reforms in the early part of the 1970s, however, following the 1987 educational reforms, the concept seems to have been benched.
