THE CONTRIBUTION OF NATIONAL CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT CENTRE INTO THE TEACHING OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS OF BULAMAGI SUB-COUNTY, IGANGA DISTRICT

Abstract

The study investigated the Contribution of National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) into the teaching

of Religious Education on academic performance in Primary schools of Bulamagi, Sub, County, Iganga District,

Uganda. The study involved 42 teachers randomly sampled from 6 primary Schools in Bulamagi Sub-County;

Iganga District. Descriptive research design was used during data collection and analysis. The study aimed at

getting a clear view on the contributions of NCDC towards the teaching of Religious Education, the challenges

hindering the teaching of Religious Education and what could be done to address the challenges hindering the

teaching of Religious Education in primary school. The results showed that NCDC has designed the curriculum

and syllabuses of Religious Education, published some text books for Religious Education, and organized sen

sitization workshops for teachers of Religious Education. However, some of the challenges were: few teachers

attended sensitization workshops organized by NCDC and negative attitude of the teachers teaching Religious

Education. Teachers take Religious Education as a minor subject so they do not make schemes of work and les

son plans and do not teach as planned by the NCDC. It is recommended that there is a need to have completely

new teaching and assessment procedure of Religious Education that will focus on the three domains of learning:

cognitive (head), affective (heart) and hands (psychomotor). Religious Education should be taught and exam

ined as a separate subject and teachers should be inspected and monitored by the Inspectors to see that they

prepare Religious Education and teach as planned by the NCDC.