[ 2021-03-15 ]

NaCCA orders withdrawal of unapproved textbooks
The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
(NaCCA) has directed that all unapproved text
books being sold on the market be withdrawn with
immediate effect.

Failure to do so, NaCCA says, publishers of such
books would be made to face the full rigours of
the law.

The directive follows the publication and sale of
some textbooks containing “inappropriate
references to personalities and ethnic groups”

A statement issued by the Council on Monday, March
15, highlighted three books deemed to have
“distasteful” content and were in
contradiction with NaCCA’s Book Submission
Guidelines and Approval Methodology.

The books are History of Ghana for Basic 6 by
Golden Publications which carries distasteful
information about Dr Kwame Nkrumah and the CPP,
History of Ghana Textbook 3 by Badu Nkansah
Publications which features “A song that shows
the Ewes identity” and Golden English Basic 4 by
Golden Publications which displays “Efo agress
to prepare juju for the players” on page 17.

According to the statement, NaCCA has met with the
leadership of Golden Publication and has asked
them to withdraw all the unapproved offending
books stated and any other from the market and
submit copies for assessment and approval, of
which they have complied.

“Additionally, the publishers have been asked to
issue an unequivocal apology through the
electronic, print and social media,” it added.

It further warned all publishing houses who have
published unapproved offensive hooks to withdraw
all stock from the market immediately face the
full rigours of the law.

NaCCA further assured the public that “we are
firmly on the ground with respect to the fight
against the use of unapproved books in
schools.”

It added that since the rollout of the
Standards-based Curriculum for Kindergarten and
Primary Schools in 2019, a total of 1,107
textbooks and 370 supplementary materials have
been assesed and subsequently approved by NaCCA.

The list of approved books can be accessed on the
agency's official website: https://nacca.gov.gh

Source - Graphic Online

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