Factors affecting the implementation of the 8:4:4 curriculum in primary schools in Egoji division, Meru district
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Date
1998
Authors
Kimathi, Joseph M'ananua
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
This study aimed at investigating the factors affecting
the implementation of 8-4-4 curriculum in the primary schools
in Egoji Division, Meru District.
The subjects for the study included: Three inspectors of
schools, sixteen Headteachers and ninety four class teachers.
Three types of research tools were used in this study.
These were: Questionnaires, Observation Schedule and Oral
Interview Guide. The data obtained was analysed using
percentages and frequency tables.
The study established that majority of teachers and other
curriculum implementors in Egoji Division had adequate
academic and professional qualifications requ i red for the
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implementation of 8-4-4 curriculum at primary school level.
However, the study revealed that the teachers and other
curriculum implementors in Egoji Division had not been
adequately involved in the inservice programmes to prepare
them for the implementation of the 8-4-4 curriculum. As a
result they lacked knowledge and skills required for teaching
the new subjects introduced in the 8-4-4 primary school
curriculum.
The study revealed that majority of the p~imary schools
in Egoji Division lacked most of the phys+ca l facilities
required for the implementation of 8-4-4 curriculum. These
physical facilities included: workshops, home science rooms
and libraries. The study also revealed that most of the
schools in Egoji Division lacked the teaching-learning
resources required for the implementation of 8-4-4 curriculum.
The teaching-learning resources lacking included: textbooks,
teachers guide, reference materials, and tools and equipment
for teaching the practical subjects.
The study revealed that there was inadequate inspection
of schools and supervision of teachers in primary schools in
Egoji Division.
The study also established that financial and material
resources provided to schools by the parents was inadequate.
It was concluded that There were various factors which
were affecting the implementation of 8-4-4 curriculum in
primary schools in Egoji Division. These factors included:
inadequate preparation of teachers and other curriculum
implementors, lack of adequate physical facilities and
teaching-learning resources, lack of adequate inspection of
schools and supervision of teachers and lack of adequate
material and or financial support from the parents and the
community.
On the basis of the findings from this study, it was
recommended that the teachers and other curriculum
implementors should be adequately prepared to execute the
changes introduced in 8-4-4. This can be done by involving
the teachers and other curriculum implementors in the
inservice programmes to prepare them for the implementation of
8-4-4 curriculum.
It was further recommended that primary schools should
not only rely on the material and financial contributions from
parents and the local community but they should explore other
ways of acquiring financial and material resources. This
would alleviate the problem of lack of physical facilities and
teaching-learning resources experienced by most of the
"'schools. It was also recommended that there is need to
overcome problems which hinder the school inspectors and head
teachers from providing effective inspection and supervisory
services.
Description
Department of Educational Management Policy & Curriculum Studies, 124p. 1998