MOTC ignoring protocols: teachers’ group
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
The National Federation of Teachers’ Unions yesterday accused the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) of ignoring proper protocols for developing school curriculums, after it found that schools had been asked to teach traffic safety as part of their non-Ministry of Education (MOE)-mandated curriculums.
The MOE’s 12-year Basic Education Curriculum Guidelines, which were adopted in 2019, mandate that elementary, junior and senior-high schools teach a “MOE-mandated curriculum” alongside a “school-developed curriculum.”
The former is “planned by the government to develop students’ basic learning ability and establish a development foundation according to students’ aptitudes,” while the latter is “designed and offered by each school to highlight the school’s vision of education and facilitate students’ development according to their aptitudes,” the guidelines s