AN APPRAISAL OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN BORNO STATE

Hauwa Abdu Biu

Department of Education

University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri

ABSTRACT

Success in the implementation of the secondary school curriculum depends on the eradication of problem confronting those who are involved in planning, administering and executing implantation activities of the secondary education system. Efforts are made in this paper to appraise curriculum implementation of the 3-3 secondary curriculum in Borno State of Nigeria with a view to minimizing the problems of the implementation at the junior secondary phase and removing the obstacles that may be experienced in the implementation of the curriculum at the senior secondary level. Opinions of secondary school principals, inspectors of Education and educators involved in the implementation of the curriculum of the 6-3-3 system in the State were solicited through random sampling. Problem areas were identified and remedies towards their solutions were suggested. Shortage of trained-qualified technical and science teachers, insufficient infrastructures and lack of teaching and learning materials were major problems of the curriculum implementation at the 3-3 secondary phase of the education system. Governments have been called upon to increase teacher production in vocational, science and technical subjects. In addition, mass media have also been requested to intensify public enlightenment programme in order to correct misconceptions about the new 9-3-4 system of education.