Perception of secondary school teachers on the know about business (KAB) program in senior secondary school in Botswana

[摘要] The purpose of this research is to investigate the perceptions of secondary school teachers onthe Know About Business (KAB) programme in Botswana. They study adopted a survey as itsresearch design. Data was gathered from one hundred and three Know About Business (KAB)teachers in selected secondary schools in Botswana. The sampling technique used was simplerandom sampling. A questionnaire was used as an instrument to collect data. A computer aidedstatistical analysis was used to analyse data. The findings of this study reveal that Know AboutBusiness (KAB) is taught by majority of male teachers who have degrees in education with 5years experience and they specialize in other subjects that are not related to business. All theseteachers have trained for only two weeks. The time teachers take to teach know AboutBusiness (KAB) is not enough to give them the skills they need. The teaching period allocated toKnow About Business (KAB) is not enough and its policies are not plan1ned.The programme therefore does benefit the school and other subjects due to its badly plannedpolicies. The programme ties with other programmes at tertiary level, this should start atprimary school level and should be done only by those who have interest in it. It should betaught and/or coordinated by those who teach business related subjects and those whovolunteer to teach it should given incentives to motivate them.It is recommended that the training for teachers should be longer than two weeks and theteaching time in schools should also be increased to more than two periods a week. Its policiesshould be well planned. The subject should be examinable. It shouId be coordinated by theBusiness Studies Department in schools and must be infused into other subjects in order toshow students how they can merge their skills.

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