Assignment 1

Q1

Aims are general statements concerning the overall intentions of teaching. E.g., Students will
understand and become proficient at identifying the different types of spoken English.
Goals are the purpose toward which an endeavor is directed which are more specific than
aims. E.g., Students will be able to identify and use American slang terms and phrases.
Objectives are the individual stages that learners must achieve on the way in order to reach
these goals. E.g., to teach the student the moral values and moral stories.

Q2

a) Aims of the Somaliland Secondary School in Mathematics

The Somaliland secondary school mathematics curriculum continues the development of
the learning of mathematics in the primary school. To enable students to cope confidently
with the mathematics needed in their future studies, workplaces or daily life in a
technological and information-rich society, the curriculum aims at developing students:
1. the ability to conceptualize, inquire, reason and communicate mathematically, and solve
problems in daily life as well as in mathematical contexts;
2. the number sense, symbol sense, spatial sense and a sense of measurement as well as the
capability in appreciating structures and patterns;
3. the capability in appreciating and problem-solving skills in financial mathematics
b)
The curriculum aims Specific objectives
By the end of the lessons, the learners should be able to:
1. I. Carry out operations on matrices and solve real
life problems using matrices
II. solve linear programming equations in daily life
situations
2. I. calculate the measurements of angles
II. find out the surface area of common solids
(cuboid, cylinder, cone, pyramid sphere and
prism)
3. I. calculate commission and discount in
Somaliland Shillings and other currencies
II. calculate profit and loss in Somaliland
Shillings and other currencies
Q3

Leaners
Learner is the centre of all teaching learning process. To fulfill the needs of thelearners is basic
function of education.
Society
social system develops in the light ofphilosophy of life; so values of a society are very important in
education and training of itsindividuals.
Subject specialist
Subject specialists develop and improve instructional materials used in classrooms. These materials
might include textbooks, workbooks, graphic organizers, projects, tests, or instructional software.
 Assignment 2

Q1

Development of Education in Somaliland: Influence of the Political Factor

A national system of education of any country can only be defined from the perspective of formal
education system. This incorporates early childhood education, primary education, secondary
education, tertiary education and university education, behind every system of education, there are
factors that influence and shape a particular education system. These factors include geographical,
historical, technological political, economic, language, religious and socio-cultural.
The political philosophy of a country has impact on education. The political factor dictates the type
of administration the system of education will adopt. It also underlies the content and component of
the education system. It determines how the system is to operate and function.

After the partition of Africa, Christian missionaries had a mission of making and training converts. It
was through Education that this goal could be achieved. With introduction of formal Western
education in Kenya, church missionaries were charged with the responsibility of providing education
to Africans. It was politically motivated. The purpose was to have superior education that would not
be matched with that one of the Indians and Africans. the curriculum for European children was
modeled on that of British public schools. By 1940 education for Europeans children was
compulsory. And by the end of Second World War, the minimum education European children were
to have was secondary education. European children would further their university education in
Britain and South Africa. Educational policies were politically motivated and had to faviour the
Europeans. The Indians and Africans had to be disadvantaged and had to be offered technical
education that was considered to be inferior.
At independence the education system inherited from Europeans was discriminatory. It favored
Europeans and Indians. To Africans, it was geared towards production of clerical officers and
craftsmen. During the post-independent, emphasis was on quality improvement in education and
have been closely linked to developmental processes. In the first two decades of independence,
curriculum reforms played a pivotal role in directing the expected quality of education. Major
changes introduced in the curriculum included the new mathematics, agricultural, industrial and
science education.
The African charter on the rights and welfare of the child was adopted in July 1990 at the 6th
ordinary session at the assembly of heads of state and government of the O.A.U. The African charter
ratified the U.N.C.R.C.

Education is key in any nation‘s developmental process. For it to be effective, it should be clearly
defined, legislatively protected, owned by stakeholders, financed and reviewed to ensure that it is in
harmony with both local and global needs. For this to be realized, it is essential that a fundamental
theory of education is conceived. This is realized in the education system of a country. forces that
shape national systems of education vary. However, the political factor play a key role in shaping
national systems of education. In my country, political factor has influenced development of
education since colonial period.
Because of political interference in the education process, policy environment has been characterized
by lack of popular consultation, with decrees, circulars and political rhetoric replacing policy-making
apparatus.