But curriculum materials were excluded from the legislation "as a ban could inhibit classroom debate and the illustration of different viewpoints".

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Given their guiding function for education agents and stakeholders, clear, inspired and motivational curriculum documents and materials play an important role in ensuring education quality.

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Often, though, their lack of capital means they are unable to teach a broad curriculum, are short of books and other materials, and are stuck in unsuitable (or even dangerous) buildings.

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At the same time, it has also been designed to suit the professional development needs of curriculum developers, education policy makers and authors of educational materials.

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This sets out a programme that includes schools without fees, state and community-led enrolment drives, a more relevant curriculum, fully professionalised teachers, decent buildings and learning materials, better governance.

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The curriculum guides students through the rigors of crafting vision statements, formulating business plans, compiling marketing materials and making elevator pitches.

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Teaching bodies criticised the list as being against the principals of Curriculum for Excellence, which was supposed to allow teachers a free hand to choose their teaching materials.

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Mr Gove also complained about teaching materials for primary school children published by the Historical Association, a group which has criticised his curriculum plans.

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We want to include 52 skills in one grade level curriculum, in a shorter school day, with local control over standards, with randomly qualified instructors, with varying materials and instructional approaches AND still use a standardized measure of competence.

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