Suggestions for improvement in science curriculum

1. By,
Garima Tandon
B.Sc., B.Ed., M.Ed.
Banaras Hindu University
To improve the science curriculum, we need to change some of our traditional
practices. Based on this fact, major suggestions for improvement in Science
curriculum are pointed below:
1. More focused on helping students think scientifically rather than
memorize facts.
2. Take into account the way different ethnic and minority groups learn
science.
3. More sensitive to gender issues so that females are encouraged to
continue to study science.
4. Involve intervention activities to encourage women and minorities to
choose the proper courses in mathematics so they are able to continue to
study science in high school and college, and succeed.
5. Different curricular and instructional decisions as we develop courses of
study or use instructional materials so that we can have a science
curriculum that is for all students.
6. Involvement of specialists in authoring of the curriculum in a democratic
way from the beginning.
7. Continuous renewal of human resources on the building and the
formation of the curriculum.
Suggestions for improvement in Science Curriculum

2. 8. Derivation of teaching and special outcomes for textbooks from
educational outcomes involved in the Ministry of Education law.
9. Follow the participatory and decentralized administration approach in
curriculum management strategies.
10. Authorship of textbooks based on the educational outcomes involved in
the Ministry of Education Law.
11. Give a space for the local authorities such as district level that analyse
the local need and built part of Curriculum.
12. Availability of educational equipment and instruments according to the
educational content in each school.
13. Preparing of efficient teaching methods considering the student desires
and intelligence enhancing.
14. Authorship of textbooks based on the educational outcomes involved in
the Ministry of Education Law.
15. Take the suggestion and enshrined the voice of each stack-holder of
education in the curriculum.
16. Curriculum should be job Oriented and it open the door for job at each
level. That means who don't want to study at higher education than
science education make able that they live their life in joyful manner.
17. Choosing the educational content and preparing it in a simple method to
achieve the educational outcomes.
18. Authoring the educational content by the outcome achieving activity
using style that Develop intelligence for the student.
19. Curriculum should have a great inherency for the learning by doing and
hands on practices.
20. Assessment should have a scope for modern technological involvement
such - CBT etc.
21. Assessment should not be dependent only on the facts knowledge but it
is also based on creative answering and organization of content also.

3. 22. Assessment should be done for 'for the learning' not for 'of the learning'
at each stage.
23. For final Evaluation chapter vise evaluation is done after completion of
chapter for the promotion of class.
24. Activity which give in the book should be based on the improvised
apparatus and domestic products not on very costly materials.
25. Send an educational outcomes for textbooks to universities, to achieve
harmony between the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Higher
Education.
26. Selection of trained teachers by modern scientific methods and according
to its competence.
27. Availability of suitable educational buildings and preparing it with all
required instruments and tools.
28. Selection of high efficient school educational management.
29. Availability of educational equipment and instruments according to the
educational content in each school.
30. Preparing of efficient teaching methods considering the student desires
and intelligence enhancing.
31. Concentration on the professional education for each student an all
educational stages.
32.Concentration on the vocational desires development for each student and
enhance this intelligence.
33. Follow the curriculum based to place and emerging curricula as a model
for authoring courseware.
34. Focus on developing scientific vocabulary.
35. Help pupil to direct their own learning.