Teachers’ Perception on Students’ Achievement Ability in Geography Competence Based Curriculum

Mukingambeho Delphine; Muhire Innocent; Manirakiza Vincent; Imaniriho Dan; Nyirishema Mahsen

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Teachers’ Perception on Students’ Achievement Ability in Geography Competence Based Curriculum

Mukingambeho Delphine, Muhire Innocent, Manirakiza Vincent, Imaniriho Dan, Nyirishema Mahsen

Published in Education Journal (Volume 11, Issue 4)

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Rwanda secondary education is applying Competence--Based Curriculum (CBC) since 2015 in all teaching and learning subjects. CBC is envisioned to produce more skillful students capable of contributing to the development of the country. However, a number of problems have been pointed out, since the CBC implementation, challenging its presumed output and sometimes the expected competences are not acquired by the students. Therefore, this study aims at assessing teachers’ views about secondary school learners’ ability to achieve expected competences in Geography Competence Based Curriculum compared to students’ performance. It follows a quantitative cross-sectional design and used a structured questionnaire to collect data from 13 teachers of Geography as well as a test administered to 210 students of senior 5 and 6 who learn Geography as one of the major subjects. The study was conducted at Groupe Scolaire Mukamira, Groupe Scolaire Notre Dame des Apôtres de Rwaza, Groupe Scolaire Jabana, Groupe Scolaire Saint André, Blue Lakes International School and Gahogo Adventist Academy. Schools, teachers and students were purposively chosen and a census for small populations was applied to select respondents. Data analysis involves descriptive statistics by means of SPSS. The findings of the study reveal that teachers of all schools have enough confidence in their students’ ability to achieve expected CBC competences in Physical, Human and Economic Geography covered in senior 4 and 5. However, the test given to the students demonstrated that teachers’ confidence do not match with students’ performance at some schools. Therefore, there is a need to raise teachers’ awareness about their students’ achievement ability through continuous trainings and much efforts should be invested in students learning to maximize CBC high level achievement of expected competences.

Published in	Education Journal (Volume 11, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.edu.20221104.18
Page(s)	190-199
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Teachers, Perception, Students, CBC, Competence, Geography

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Mukingambeho Delphine, Muhire Innocent, Manirakiza Vincent, Imaniriho Dan, Nyirishema Mahsen. Teachers’ Perception on Students’ Achievement Ability in Geography Competence Based Curriculum. Educ J. 2022;11(4):190-199. doi: 10.11648/j.edu.20221104.18

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Mukingambeho Delphine

Department of Humanities and Language Education, School of Education, College of Education, University of Rwanda, Nyagatare, Rwanda
Muhire Innocent

Department of Humanities and Language Education, School of Education, College of Education, University of Rwanda, Nyagatare, Rwanda
Manirakiza Vincent

Department of Humanities and Language Education, School of Education, College of Education, University of Rwanda, Nyagatare, Rwanda
Imaniriho Dan

Department of Foundations, Management and Curriculum Studies, School of Education, College of Education, University of Rwanda, Nyagatare, Rwanda
Nyirishema Mahsen

Department of Humanities and Language Education, School of Education, College of Education, University of Rwanda, Nyagatare, Rwanda

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