Ghana introduces New Basic School Curriculum with Coding, AI and Local Language focus

The revised curriculum, developed by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), also places renewed emphasis on Ghanaian languages as the main medium of instruction from kindergarten to Primary Three, while introducing Chinese as an optional foreign language and standardising the teaching of Arabic.

Ghana's basic school curriculum is set for a major overhaul, with computing, coding, citizenship education and ethics becoming central to classroom teaching under sweeping reforms announced by the Ministry of Education.

He explained that the review led to four major structural changes, with one of the key reforms being the introduction of a dedicated Citizenship Education subject.