Assessing teachers’ perceptions, knowledge and readiness for the implementation of the new standard based curriculum in Ablekuma south municipality in the Greater Accra region of Ghana

Abstract

The study sought to investigate teachers’ perception, knowledge and readiness for the implementation of the new standard base curriculum in Ablekuma South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The study was anchored on the positivist research paradigm and directed by the quantitative approach. The study employed quantitative descriptive survey research design. A sample size of 135 basic school teachers was selected from a population of 210 teachers using a simple multiple sampling techniques comprising purposive and simple random sampling. The study also used questionnaire to collect data from teachers. The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.81 indicating a good strength on internal consistency. Data were analyzed descriptively using frequencies, percentages and standard deviations. The study findings revealed that, the teachers have good perception about the standard based curriculum. Also, the findings revealed that, teachers are well imbued with adequate knowledge of the new standard curriculum. Finally, the findings from the study showed that teachers are ready to implement the new standard curriculum. Based on these findings, the researcher recommends that policymakers should make more effort to get a consensus from teachers on the importance of curricular changes, effective in-service training and timing of training prior to the initiation and the implementation of future curricular.