Effects of Teachers Time Management on the Implementation of Secondary School Curriculum in Arusha City Council

Neema Innocent Massawe
Dr. Christine Majokava
St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Arusha
Email: neysawe2013@gmail.com

Abstract: The study investigated the effects of teacher’s time management on the implementation of secondary school curriculum in Arusha City Council, Tanzania. The study adopted descriptive research design and mixed method research approach to gather data. The sample size included 9 Heads of schools, 9 Academic masters and 131 Form three students of public secondary schools in Arusha City Council. Questionnaires and interview guide were used for data collection. The university experts and research supervisor evaluated the instruments to determine content validity. Reliability of the questionnaires was tested in pilot study. Data obtained from questionnaire was entered in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 to determine the reliability of the instruments. The data obtained was tested and found to correlate at Cronbach Alpha (α) Coefficient value of r = 0.853. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics in the SPSS and results were presented in tables of frequencies and percentages. Qualitative data were analyzed thematically alongside research questions. The study findings revealed that proper time management improves national examination performance. Furthermore, the remedial measures to the challenges teachers face in time management were proper time management, provision of teaching and learning resources like textbooks, improvement of terms of service and working conditions in school access to school. These can be solved by support from educational stakeholders. The study recommended that teachers should effectively practice proper time management and parents should make necessary arrangements to reduce time taken by the students to travel to school so that the same can be properly utilized.