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Foreword
MIE has produced a brand new collection of textbooks based on the National
Curriculum Framework for the Nine Year Continuous Basic Education as from 2016.
These textbooks have been written by a team of academic staff from MIE, supported
by experienced Educators, advised by Inspectors, mentors and Deputy Head Masters.
We have done our best to ensure that the textbooks enable children to undergo a
pleasant learning experience. We have taken care to align the textbooks with very
clearly defined learning outcomes and objectives set for the respective subjects as
outlined in the National Curriculum Framework, Grades 1 to 6. The textbooks provide
clear indications of the diverse skills that children should master at each stage.
We are also providing a set of teachers’ manuals where we have outlined the
appropriate techniques and pedagogical approaches so that children are helped to
make optimal use of the textbook and materials provided. Some of the textbooks have
been updated and changes effected after receiving feedback from educators.
We are thankful to all those who have provided us with constructive feedback, thereby
enabling us to make this curriculum development endeavour come to fruition. We are
also thankful to the artists who carried out the illustrations, and to our graphic artists
who have tried their best to create the right layout for the books. The authors and the
curriculum team, under the guidance of Professor Vassen Naëck, also deserve our
thanks.
We hope that you enjoy this material and wish you lots of success.
Dr O. Nath Varma
Director
Mauritius Institute of Education