Abstract:
Curriculum planning and subsequent process of course design and imple-
mentation are so important in educational programmes that we simply can-
not ignore them. Curriculum is essentially a series of activities and learning
outcome goals pertaining to each subject. The main purposes of curriculum
development are to improve student learning experiences and enhance out-
comes by facilitating quality teaching, identifying a suitable syllabus, and as-
sessing learning outcomes. However, educational programmes fail to yield the
results of the programmes due to insufficient attention paid to curriculum.
Perhaps, the most salient reason for this is the synonymous identification of
the terms, curriculum and syllabus. While curriculum is a comprehensive area
of study which needs identification of significant disciplines, syllabus could be
a factor within the curriculum framework. Literature has proved that possible
frameworks or models of curriculum could bring about enormous results. The
paper presents a viable curriculum framework mostly suitable for university
and the higher education sector with significant areas such as planning, and
interrelationships of teaching, learning, assessment, and syllabus. The paper
has highlighted the important areas pertaining to curriculum in its frame-
work as a model for curriculum which is useful for development, implemen-
tation, revision, and evaluation
