04/08/2022
CURRICULUM SHUN SPORTS.
Following my deployment to Rumphi district by Capital Hill as a primary school teacher the then Mhuju primary school Headteacher Mr Harawa appointed me "sports organizer".
Amama!!! It was drama kkkkkkkk.
Yes real drama in the sense that I never featured for sports teams at primary, secondary and college levels during my time not even,in 100m run.
Turning down the appointment offer would tantamount to insubordination.I had no choice especially that I was the very youngest teacher not only at school but also in the whole Consituency that year.Deployed to a school of 16 female teachers out 19,I thought netball coaching would be porridge at this post early childhood institution.To my dismay none of Lady teachers would show up for sports trainings.This was a tall order for sometime,untill I thinly learnt how to coach and officiate netball and football respectively coupled with use of resource persons.
I must confess here!!!! the country's curriculum for primary teacher education provides very little or nothing at all to amour primary school teacher with sports skills in both coaching and officiation.
To fuel matters worse,sports contents,core elements and rationale are too light in our primary school curriculum to I produce tangible sports players at the end of primary circle.This learning area(Subject) called Expressive Arts must be disbanded to Creative Arts,Physical Education, Sports and Music as was the case during Kamuzuism inorder to have textural subject matter.
Ministry of education must organize refresher sports courses for teachers in coaching,officiation and management if we mean it as a country taking Malawi to vision 2063.
Esteemed sports fans this drama is show on in our public primary schools to the extent that some schools don't not even have sports attire,balls and sports facilities themselves.
Hey!!!! get on the ground and appreciate this comedy.
By Jersey 1⚽.[Mwiza Sydney Msiska]
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