The module outline is initiated by the current move of the Federal Ministry of Education to
accommodate the huge number of students who have not been able to score the minimum results
required of them in the Ethiopian Schools Leaving Certificate Examination (ESLCE).
The many target students are placed into the forthcoming remedial courses based on their scores
in the ESLCE which is said to be very poor. The Ministry of Education has a uniform standard
for cut scores for University entrance. The target students are apparently underprepared students
who completed the regular high school /secondary schools English course works .They are to be
encouraged and motivated to achieve better if not greater academic success through a
completion of remedial coursework so that they advance to a college level course in their stream
_ Natural Science and Social sciences.
Remedial teaching is an integral part of the teaching –learning program, also known as
compensatory or corrective teaching in the general literature. The objective of remedial teaching
is to give additional help to learners who have fallen behind the rest of other students from
any part of the country ,any type of school or any subject. It is the process of identifying
underachieving or poor performing learners and providing them with the necessary help and
guidance to overcome their problems.
The purpose of remedial teaching we have kept in mind in suggesting the current module outline
is to eliminate ineffective habits and crippling practices ,to make learners learn better by giving
additional help, to teach again the language items and skills not properly learned and practiced
as much as possible, to raise learners’ interest in learning and attending classes with
stimulating approaches given the possibly low self-esteem of the students with very low
Ethiopian School leaving certificate examination and to transmit practical experiences to
learners according to their diverse needs.
- Teacher: Daniel Yosseph