Supervision and implementation of home economics and hospitality in the revised curriculum in selected government secondary schools in Solwezi district.
Date
2022-08-10
Authors
Kayenda, Susan
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The University of Zambia
Abstract
This paper investigated the supervision and implementation of Home Economics and
Hospitality in the Revised Curriculum, in six selected government secondary schools in
Solwezi District, North Western Province of Zambia. The intent of the study was to learn the
supervision and implementation of Home Economics and Hospitality (HEH) in the Revised
Curriculum on the learners at secondary school level. The objectives were to assess the
suitability of the available facilities and teaching and learning resources used in the
implementation of home economics and hospitality in the revised curriculum, to establish the
attitude of HEH teachers towards the implementation of home economics and hospitality in
the revised curriculum, to find out the frequencies of supervising teachers in the
implementation of home economics and hospitality in the revised curriculum, and to analyze
the challenges home economics and hospitality teachers are facing in the implementation of
the revised curriculum. The focus was on six selected government secondary schools where
Home Economics and Hospitality in the Revised Curriculum was being implemented.
The information in the research was gathered through purposive sampling in six selected
government secondary schools of Solwezi District. The instruments used to collect the raw
data were the questionnaires, oral interviews and observations. In order to investigate the
supervision and implementation of Home Economics and Hospitality in the Revised
Curriculum, the data was processed by compiling the responses to questionnaires, oral
interviews and the observations made, comparing them and examining how Home Economics
and Hospitality is being implemented in the Revised Curriculum. The data analysis was
mainly qualitative, as the study employed mainly a case study because it described and
examined the supervision and implementation of home economics and hospitality in the
revised curriculum.
The study revealed that the supervision and implementation of home economics in selected
government secondary schools in Solwezi District was not being adequately supervised and
implemented effectively due to many challenges being faced by the supervisors and
implementers. The study recommended that the Government through the Ministry of General
Education (MoGE) should see to it that teachers and supervisors who are the implementers of
the revised curriculum are provided with adequate and appropriate teaching and learning
materials to use during workshops and supervision.
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Home economics. , Hospitality industry.