TITLE OF RESEARCH AUTHOR PROBLEM
The Problems of Ugwu Lawrence 1. The secondary
Curriculum education curricula have
Implementation in been poorly
Private Secondary implemented especially
Schools: A Case Study in private secondary
of Alhaji Akilu schools. A lot of private
Comprehensive secondary schools in
Secondary School, Kano State grapple with
Madobi, Kano State poor or non-
implementation of the
school subjects curricula
due to non-availability
of the current curricula,
insufficient classroom
accommodation, lack of
essential teaching
materials, low levels of
teacher productivity,
inadequate staff, lack of
other essential facilities,
such as water, light,
toilet facilities and lack
of laboratories, etc. On
this basis, the
researcher assessed the
implementation of
secondary education
curricula in Alhaji Akilu
Comprehensive
Secondary School.
FINDINGS RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Majority of the students 1. The Federal and State
and staff who
participated in this
study were of the
opinion that their
teachers use more
theoretical than
practical method in the
implementation of the
curriculum in the
school.
2. Observation by the
researcher shows that
the only fairly equipped
workshop/laboratory of
the above subjects was
only fine art (drawing)
which was co-shared by
fine art and technical
drawing subjects.
2. Students in secondary
3. The result of data
analysis shows that the
teachers used in this
study agreed with all
the factors affecting the
effective
implementation of
secondary school
curriculum except the
factor that deals with
effective teaching
Governments should
make it a point of duty to
build infrastructural
facilities, including
functional workshops in
all secondary schools
across the nation with
adequate provision of
workshop equipment,
instructional materials,
and tools to make
teaching and learning of
the skill-based subjects
meaningful. This way,
students will have the
opportunity to engage in
practical works, which is
a major aspect of the
curriculum.
schools should be
encouraged to have
interest in the skill based
(vocational and technical)
subjects, hence should be
accorded appropriate
recognition. There is
need for a change in the
mind-set of youth to see
self-employment as an
option and be prepared
 method.
4. The finding of the study
also showed that there
is no significant
difference between
urban and rural
teachers on the factors
affecting effective
implementation of
secondary school
curriculum.
5. From the Focus Group
Discussion, data 3. With the recent emphasis
collected shows that
the secondary school
teachers with
qualification of National
Certificate on Education
(NCE) have the ability to
implement the
secondary school
curriculum, lower
qualification than NCE
slow down the pace of
curriculum
implementation
process, teachers with
academic qualification
of B.A/B.Sc implement 4. The best of theories in
the secondary school
curriculum better,
implementation of the
psychologically and
emotionally for it. This
will enable them to be
more motivated in
identifying
entrepreneurial
opportunities. To this
end, entrepreneurship
education should be
made integral part of
vocational and technical
teaching-learning
process.
on the need for youth
self-employment, the
Federal Government is
equally expected to
create the enabling
environment that will
enhance implementation
of the practical aspect of
the curriculum by
ensuring constant power
supply in the country,
without this the students
will become discouraged
and return to idleness.
education has opined
that no educational
system could rise above
 curriculum depends on the level of quality of its
teachers understanding teachers. Vocational and
of subject matter. technical teachers must
be highly trained and
6. Teachers with academic acquire enough skills to
qualification of Post be able to communicate
Graduate Diploma in their skills to students
Education (PGDE) effectively.
implement the
curriculum rightly, 5. Practical project work in
teachers with Masters vocational and technical
in Education (M.Ed) subjects should be made
qualification implement compulsory for JSS 3 and
the curriculum better, SSS 3 students as part of
teachers’ qualification their requirements for
and training have graduation. Each student
positive statistical is to produce marketable
significant effects on product or service and
psychology of teachers such products should be
and teachers with put up for exhibition. This
Doctor of Philosophy in will further create
Education (Ph.D) are motivation for
better equipped to entrepreneurship.
implement the
secondary school 6. Teachers should be
curriculum. Hence, supported through
there is high extent to continuing professional
which teachers’ development and
academic and motivation to enable
professional them prepare the youth
qualifications affect for success in the
their implementation of competitive global
the secondary school economy.
curriculum.
 7. Parents, teachers,
7. The findings agreed principals, students,
with Frankel (2010), policy makers and other
who observed that education stakeholders
highly qualified teachers should be made aware of
follow good approaches the findings of this study,
in teaching and that during such fora as
students taught by this Parent-Teachers
grade of teachers have Association meetings,
greater academic Town Hall meetings,
performance because of seminars, conferences
positive attitude of the and workshops
teachers. He further
stated that high
qualified teachers
present their materials
in an interesting way
that gives the students
a feeling of
understanding and
mastery of the subject.
If teachers with higher
educational
qualifications are
employed to teach in
private secondary
schools, the curriculum
objectives of each
subject will be achieved
and the entire society
will benefit from the
knowledge acquired.

8. Qualitative data
obtained via focus
group discussion (FGD)
and observation
revealed that the
Nigerian secondary
school curriculum was
appropriate in terms of
goals and content.
However, it was found
weak in its method of
implementation.