An Assessment of Pupil Teacher Ratio on the Effectiveness of the Competence-Based Curriculum for Public Primary Schools.

Soko, Clara (2024) An Assessment of Pupil Teacher Ratio on the Effectiveness of the Competence-Based Curriculum for Public Primary Schools. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study aimed at assessing the impact of PTR on implementing CBC at Tunduru District. Specifically; To determine pupil teacher ratio effect on teachers workloads. To investigates pupil teacher ratio effect on evaluation method effectiveness and to establish the relationship between pupil teacher ratio and subject performance in public school. The study used a descriptive research design and the combined questionnaires. Data were analyzed using SPSS. Finding showed that PRT effect on teachers workload was high due to high number of pupil in the class, number of lesson and subject taught per teacher, again the finding revealed that high PRT have high effects on evaluation methods effectiveness. Moreover, the findings showed that there is very high relationship between PRT and subject performance. Lastly the study recommended that, government through TSD should employ more primary school teachers to deal with teachers shortage for successful implementation of CBC with minimum challenge. Keywords: Pupil Teacher Ratio, Statistical Package for School Scientists, Teacher Service Department and Competence Based Curriculum.

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