3.2.3 Problems Involving Curricula and Textbooks
Responses relating to curricula and textbooks were at the moderate level. The top five problematic areas involved 1) the impracticality of the guidelines for managing activities in the curricula, 2) the curricula having too much to cover, 3) teachers not understanding the details of the curricula, 4) the inappropriateness of the curricula for local conditions, and 5) teachers lacking expert curriculum advisors (mean scores: 3.38-2.97). The problems with the curricula not being up-to-date and teachers lacking opportunities to choose their own textbooks were perceived at a low level (mean scores: 2.41and 2.47).