Challenges Facing Implementation Of Peace Education In Public Primary Schools In Kasarani District, Nairobi County

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate challenges facing implementation of peace education in Kasarani District, Nairobi County. The study intended to achieve the following objectives: To establish if teachers had been inserviced adequately to implement peace education, to establish if the teaching and learning resources for implementing peace education were adequate and to determine the effect of the current teaching methods (exam oriented) on the implementation of peace education. The researcher adopted a descriptive survey design and targeted teachers and head teachers in public primary schools in Kasarani District. Data was analyzed using (SPSS) software program. The study established that the current methods of teaching peace were not child friendly and therefore affected implementation of peace education. The study recommended that the Ministry of Education should think of changing the conventional way of learning in order to embrace the participatory approaches.