Challenges facing Public Secondary School Teachers on Implementing Competence-Based Curriculum in Magu District, Mwanza - Tanzania
Abstract: Competence-Based- Education and Curriculum (CBC) is a leading paradigm for innovative teaching
and learning processes today. This paper investigated the Implementation of Competence-Based Curriculum in
Enhancing Teachers' Job Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Magu District, Tanzania. It specifically
intended to examine teachers’ practices in the implementation of Competence-Based Curriculum, establish the
challenges that teachers face in the implementation of Competence-Based Curriculum and identify possible
strategies that can be used by teachers to address the challenges encountered. The study employed the
constructivism theory and utilized a mixed research approach, guided by the convergent parallel design. A sample
of 100 respondents, including the District Secondary Education Officer, The District Officials, public secondary
school teachers, ward education coordinators, heads of schools and public secondary school students who were
chosen using simple random, snowball and purposive sampling techniques. Questionnaires and interviews were
used in data collection. The quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics with the aid of SPSS
version 20 while qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The study presented challenges that
impede teachers’ successful use of CBC and interactive teaching and learning approaches. These included lack of
in-service trainings, seminars, and workshops, teachers' fear of failing to complete the syllabus, teacher
certification, competency, rigidity of timetable, and a generally overloaded work and curricula. It recommended a
supply adequate materials in schools , in-service teacher training , teachers’ and students’ dedication to teaching
and learning and teachers improvisation of teaching and learning aids. These findings can lead to various
opportunities, including the provision of CBC pedagogy training to teachers to improve their understanding of
CBC and enhance its implementation.
Key words: Competence-based curriculum, job performance, standards, pedagogies