Competency-Based Education · Bahamas National Curriculum
Grade 4 Social Studies:
Competency-Based Learning
Reimagining the Bahamas National Curriculum through mastery-based learning — students progress by demonstrating competency, not by clocking time, while every outcome stays faithful to the Ministry's curriculum.
Project Overview & Purpose
Modernize the Delivery — Not the Curriculum
This project transforms the official Bahamas Grade 4 Social Studies curriculum into a competency-based digital system. The Ministry's strands, outcomes, and codes are preserved exactly; what changes is how students learn and demonstrate them — through mastery, evidence, and authentic performance.
🇧🇸 Fidelity first
Every competency traces to official outcome codes (1.H1, 2.GE1, 3.GOV1, 4.ER1, 5.CH1 …). See the full Curriculum Alignment Map.
Why Competency-Based Learning?
From Time-Based to Mastery-Based
The traditional problem
- Students advance by time, not understanding
- Gaps accumulate unnoticed
- Feedback is inconsistent; little chance to revise
- One end-of-unit test decides everything
The competency-based shift
- Advance on demonstrated mastery
- Clear progressions make "good" visible
- Frequent feedback + revise-and-improve
- Authentic performance tasks & portfolios
What's Inside
A Mastery-Based Learning Platform
Benefits
Value Across the System
👧 Students
Clear goals, second chances, and ownership of evidence.
🍎 Teachers
Competency tracking and intervention insight, less guesswork.
👪 Parents
Plain-language mastery updates and ways to help.
🏛️ Ministry
Modernized delivery with full curriculum fidelity and scalability.
Delivery Modes
In School or Virtually — With or Without a Teacher
Designed for instructional continuity during teacher shortages: every lesson works the same way whether a subject teacher is present or not.
In School
A teacher, co-teacher, substitute, or supervising adult runs the lesson — or students work independently at their devices. No subject expert required.
Synchronous (Virtual)
Delivered live online: the class watches the AI video together, completes activities in real time, and shares mastery checks.
Asynchronous (No Teacher Needed)
Fully self-paced. The AI video teaches, activities give instant feedback, and mastery is auto-checked — so learning continues at home or in a covered classroom.
Why this matters
Teacher shortages shouldn't stop learning. Because the video carries the instruction and the activities self-correct, a student can master every competency with or without a teacher in the room — in school or virtually.