Curriculum Enrichment for Higher Education

Abstract

Curriculum is the list of courses to be thought by the educational institute and also includes the learning experiences, skills and ability the students are expected to learn. Enrichment is enhancing the curriculum by including activities for extending students education beyond their main course of study. It provides them a new learning opportunity and environment to acquire mastery of standards expected at a deeper level. Stakeholders often make reference to curriculum as being irrelevant, boring, too academic and outdated and seek changes. So, the enrichment process should be dynamic instead of static. The curriculum enrichment should focus in students achieving graduate attribute. It should help the Institute to ensure the achievement of learning outcomes such as emotional maturity, social maturity, business acumen, professionalism and intellectual capabilities. The valueadded programmes should be designed in each semester to show better performance both in curricular and competitive exams to get better job/higher educational opportunities through enhanced graduate attributes. Therefore, for the curriculum to be alive and meaningful, the role of the teacher is very vital. A teacher should be a first a learner and then a curriculum receiver, a curriculum modifier, a curriculum developer and a researcher. This paper focuses on different models of curriculum enrichment process along with teacher’s role and responsibility in improving education.