An Evaluation of the Major Implementation Problems of Primary School Curriculum in Cross River State, Nigeria

Grace Chikadibia Domike¹ and Edward Ogar Odey^1,

¹Department of Curriculum and Teaching, University of Calabar, Calabar

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Grace Chikadibia Domike and Edward Ogar Odey. An Evaluation of the Major Implementation Problems of Primary School Curriculum in Cross River State, Nigeria. American Journal of Educational Research. 2014; 2(6):397-401. doi: 10.12691/education-2-6-12

Abstract

There is no gain saying the fact that effective implementation is very vital if the primary school curriculum is to achieve its goals of inculcating permanent literacy and numeracy, ability to communicate effectively, laying a sound basis for scientific and reflective thinking. Efforts of the federal government towards implementation of a sound curriculum for the schools have yielded little or no dividends due to issues which are inherent in the implementation of the primary school curriculum. These problems include under funding, ecology of the classroom, acute shortage of infrastructures, lack of health facilities, lack of qualified teachers, and neglect of the mother tongue, amongst others. This paper, therefore takes a critical look at the challenges of implementing the primary school curriculum in Cross River State. It was therefore recommended that the local government should be more aggressive in its implementation programs, government need for strategic planning, institutional capacity building and positive coordination of man and natural resources.

Keywords:
evaluation implementation problem primary school curriculum

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