Implementation of Ghana’s Standards-Based Curriculum by Religious and Moral Education Teachers in the Kwahu West Municipality
Samuel Ayetey Chaitey 
, Gabriel Kumah , Martin Yaw Adjei & Anthony Mensah
Issue: Vol.5 No.16 Issue Article 1 pp.2685-2698
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20245161 | Published online 4th December, 2024
© 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
The study examined the fidelity of implementation of Ghana’s Standards-Based Curriculum (SBC)by Religious and Moral Education teachers in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region, Ghana. The convergent parallel mixed method design was adopted for the study. Using the census and purposive sampling procedure, 181 respondents consisting of 175 RME teachers and six (6) head teachers from the public primary schools in the Kwahu West Municipality were selected for the study. A questionnaire and interview guide were used to gather the requisite data for the study. The data was analysed using frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation, and a thematic approach. The study found that the RME teachers were somewhat prepared for the implementation of the Standards-Based Religious and Moral Education Curriculum. Again, RME teachers were to a very large extent implementing the key features of the Standard-Based Religious and Moral Education Curriculum. It is recommended that the Ministry of Education (MoE), the Ghana Education Service (GES), and the head teachers organise detailed and frequent in-service training programmes for the RME teachers. This study contributes to the growing literature on improving the school curriculum in the Ghanaian context. This study would also assist leaders in directing and enabling teachers to engage in professional development activities which will, in turn, assist them in becoming efficacious in implementing the new curricula.
Keywords: Colleges of Education, Implementation, Standards-Based Curriculum
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Samuel Ayetey Chaitey, is a tutor at the Abetifi Presbyterian College of Education, Abetifi-Kwahu-Ghana. He teaches various courses under Religious and Moral Education in the Social Sciences Department. He is also a part time lecturer in African Studies and Peace Building in Our Communities with the University of Cape Coast College of Distance Education. His research areas are Religious and Moral Education as well as Human Rights Promotion and Protection in Education.
Gabriel Kumah is a Religious and Moral Education Tutor at the Abetifi Presbyterian College of Education. He teaches Religious and Moral Education.
Martin Yaw Adjei is a Tutor at St. Joseph’s College of Education, Bechem in the Ahafo Region of Ghana. He doubles as the Chaplain of the Institution and serves on a number of committees of the College. His main research fields are: Religion, Religious Inclusion, Assessment and Morality.
Anthony Mensah is the Head of Social Sciences Department of Abetifi Presbyterian College of Education. He also teaches various courses of the Religious and Moral Education Programme. He is a master trainer and Assistant Examiner. He offers part-time support to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA).
Chaitey,Samuel Ayetey, Gabriel Kumah, Martin Yaw Adjei & Anthony Mensah. “Implementation of Ghana’s Standards-Based Curriculum by Religious and Moral Education Teachers in the Kwahu West Municipality,” E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 5, no.16 (2024):2685-2698. https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20245161
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