The implementation of curricula at secondary level: role of head teacher
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Date
2011
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Common Ground
Abstract
A curriculum plan is as good as its implementation since it is the actual achievement and
not merely the objectives set and organizational mechanism provided that determine the impact of a
plan. Without effective implementation the decision of the curriculum planner are not to be carried
out successfully. Since the people who plan the curriculum are not the same who carried out it, there
is a considerable room of distortion of the curriculum planner’s intentions if the steps and actions
appropriate to the plan are not taken. Construction and implementation of curriculum involves an intricate
set of actions on the part of many people. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors
which influence the implementation of curricula at secondary school stage as perceived by teachers,
and principals. The study was based on the assumption that the curricula introduced were not fully
implemented. Data was collected and tabulated for the purpose. Statistical techniques were applied
to analyze the data. Analysis of major hypotheses and items shows that supervisory function had not
performed in a manner that could ensure the effective implementation of curricula at school level.
There are many factors that impede or facilitate the process of implementation of the curriculum as
perceived.
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Role of Principal, Education, Curriculum
Citation
The International Journal of Learning Volume 17, Number 12, 2011, 82-87