About Our Curriculum

Our Skills for the Future program aims to assist young people to complete school and enter the workforce ready to excel in their careers and engage as responsible citizens in their communities. 

The curriculum focuses on ensuring that our students are efficiently equipped with knowledge and soft skills that are relevant in the 21st century. We use practical 'activity-based' learning to develop competency in Communication, Collaboration, Problem Solving, Emotional intelligence, Responsibility, and their accompanying sub-competencies to prepare students for life during and after school.

Program Overview

• Unit 1: Why are soft skills important to me?
  • This unit introduces students to Skills for the Future and establishes their baseline skills levels across 5 core competencies: collaboration, communication, problem solving, emotional intelligence, and responsibility. 
• Unit 2: What makes me great?
  • Participants will widen their self awareness by identifying their strengths and ethics. As they do so, they will build their confidence to tackle challenges in school.
• Unit 3: Planning for my future
  • Armed with a growth mindset, participants in this unit will practise critical thinking and decision making to identify opportunities for growth and reflect on their career options. 
• Unit 4: How do I show respect to myself and others?
  • Participants will strengthen their self management, social awareness and conflict management skills, as they explore healthy friendships and the importance of showing tolerance towards others. 
• Unit 5: How can I advocate for myself?
  •  Participants will gain accurate information about reproductive health and use this knowledge to practise healthy decision making and effective verbal communication that safeguards their futures. 
• Unit 6: How do I get my message across?
  •  In this unit, participants will cultivate their creative thinking skills as they practise using written communication to tell their stories.
• Unit 7: How can I achieve my best?
  • Participants will learn why proactivity and productivity skills are important as they set goals to strengthen their academic performance and prepare for success in their future careers.
• Unit 8: How can we make the world a better place?
  • In this unit participants gain knowledge and teach others about the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. In the process, they practise teamwork, digital literacy and presentation skills.  
• Unit 9: How can I solve problems in my community?
• This capstone unit engages participants in human-centred design to identify a problem in their community and create a solution that meets that need. To succeed students will utilize their collaboration, communication, problem solving, emotional intelligence, and responsibility skills. 
• Training of Trainers for Effective Delivery
  • This programme prepares trainers with the facilitation skills, topic knowledge, and practice needed to effectively implement Hatua’s Skills for the Future curriculum.

How does learning happen?

• Participants are introduced to content and then asked questions while the trainer fosters the discussion, takes steps to enhance the experience for the learners, and gives suggestions. 
• Facilitators do not do the work for the group; instead, they guide learners toward a specific learning outcome. 
• Lessons in the curriculum are structured to enhance this approach. A pair of trainers facilitate a 2-hour session with groups of 15-25 students to ensure effective student engagement.

Lesson structure

Explore: Students explore the core objective of the lesson in an interactive and student-centred approach.

Explain: Students share learnings from the exploration to define the focus of the lesson. The facilitator provides key information about the topic. 

Connect: Students connect the information shared to their own lives and experiences. They may also connect to content they have already learned. 

Apply: Students apply learning through practice. This could include scenarios, role plays, presentations, etc. 

Assess: The Facilitator uses a tool to assess overall student learning of the objectives. Students could be assessed individually or through group work.

How we measure learning