Creating a reform management team

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Overview of the issues

This page looks at a possible mechanism for managing the challenges of the curriculum change. The management structure must be able to:

  • Develop an agreed strategy and timelne for the reform
  • Address major political issuess associated with the expansion
  • Conduct broad consultations in commerce, industry and civil society
  • Organise the necessary media campaign to ensure the reform is fully understood
  • Carry out the reform in detail according to the agreed timeline

 

  
A possible reform management structure The appropriate structure managing a reform of ths magnitude will depend on how such issues are commonly addressed. A possible structure may be something like that shown in the diagram below  
 
structure
  
The steering committee This is a political and senior management level committee established to oversee and drive the process  
The consultative committee This is a proposed mechanism for ensuring that wide consultation about the changes takes place. It should be broadly representative of industry, commerce and civil society.  
The working group The technical working group will be the body responsible for executing the tasks needed to reform the curriculum and the key elements in this process will be the technical working group sub committees. The working group should be lean and dedicated. It will need access to the Minister and senior management.  
Working group sub-committees There will be many of these established to work on the fine details of the reform.  Many will find that they may need to commission research or consultancy assistance to execute their role effectively.  
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