How Teachers’ Planning Influences Pupils’ Academic Performance in Government Aided Primary Schools in Namutumba Town Council, Namutumba District in Uganda

Abstract

This research examined the influence of teacher planning on pupils’ academic performance in government aided primary schools in Namutumba Town council, Namutumba District in Uganda.

The center of the educational system is viewed as being academic achievement. Mahmood (2015) defined academic performance as a student's measurable and observable behavior during a certain time period. Relevant stakeholders, including parents, pupils, school administrators, and researchers, have shown interest in studies of how Teachers’ Planning Influences Pupils’ Academic Performance. A lesson plan is a schedule for teaching a lesson or lessons that an instructor creates based on the curriculum to achieve particular curricular goals. It results from a study ofthe scheme of work. Consequently, the lesson topics that result from breaking down the schemes of work into smaller subtopics can be utilized to create lessons (Sabetra& Aziz, 2021). Sabetra& Aziz, (2021) explains that Lesson plans are helpful because they ensure that the teacher follows proper teaching techniques, that the topic of the day's lesson is covered in one lesson and that instructional materials are properly chosen and utilized.

A scheme of work divides an often-multiyear curriculum into deliverable work units that are each much shorter in length (for example, two or three weeks) hence making it manageable in delivery. The way each topic will be taught in class and how pupils' understanding of the information connected to each topic, unit, and the scheme of work as a whole will be assessed are all clearly mapped out in the schemes of work beforehand. A scheme of work outlines the subject matter and educational opportunities that must be covered each term of the academic year (Okai, 2010). The instructor needs this scheme of work since it directs him in structuring the instructional unit and, in turn, the daily lessons, taking into account the amount of time allotted for each topic over the term.