NEW FORMAT SCHEME OF WORK 2025
A scheme of work is a structured plan or outline that details what will be taught over a specific period (e.g., a term, semester, or academic year) in a particular subject or course. It serves as a guide for teachers to ensure comprehensive coverage of the syllabus while maintaining a logical progression of topics.
Components of the Scheme of Work
The essential components of the Scheme of work include:
Preliminary information
- Name of the school
- Teacher’s Name
- Subject
- Year
- Term
Regarding the improvements made on the Scheme of work, the revised secondary school scheme of work has 12 components as shown in Table 1.
- However, All components are taken directly from the syllabus except the specific learning activity, month, week, references, and remarks.
- The references are written following APA style version 7.
- Author, year of publication, title of the book, publisher
Deconstructing the main learning activity into a specific learning activity
- The specific learning activity is obtained by deconstructing the main learning activity taken directly from the syllabus
Writing Remarks for the Scheme of work
In writing the references we normally address three things.
1.Strength
The activity to describe the periodic table of elements has been facilitated and completed.
- Weakness
However, a few specific activities were not covered because we were having a guest visit in our school.
- Way forward
I expect to use extra time to cover the remaining activities
General characteristics of the specific learning activity
i. Enable the student to build the intended competence (knowledge, skills and attitude)
ii. Enable the student to use knowledge and skills in other contexts or for other purposes
iii. Enable the student to think creatively and be creative/discoverer in various things
iv. Reflect the real environment of the student/child
v. Be consistent with the schedule, i.e. time allocated
Questions to consider when preparing specific activities
i. What activities do you want your students to learn?
ii. Do the activities build/contribute to the main learning activity?
iii. Are the activities constructive? (focus on measurable verbs)
iv. Are the activities arranged in a sequence from easy to difficult?
v. Are the activities have an indicator of competence building?
Examples of How to develop specific learning activities.
NEW FORMAT SCHEME OF WORK 2025
NOTE
- In designing specific activities, you should break down the learning activities taken from the syllabus into specific activities.
- The criteria to consider include the following:
(a) the specific activity should contribute to the learning activity;
(b) it should focus on the measurable verbs (e.g. identify, explain, define, analyze, etc.); and
(c) the specific activities should be organized from simple to complex
