DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2015.v03i01.009

Pages: 49-55

The aim of the present study is to assess the way how schools are executing staff development programmes in Nkayi South Circuit in Nkayi District. The population comprised all the 800 teachers in the circuit. The sample was made up of 250 respondents. The study employed the quantitative methodology and adopted the descriptive survey design. All the information was collected through a questionnaire which largely had close-ended questions and two-open ended ones. The study revealed that school heads do not have adequate time to implement teacher professional development programmes and those schools were monotonously using poorly planned staff development sessions as the only modes for attempting to develop teachers. The study recommends that the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education should closely monitor the staff development programmes in the schools to make sure that they are implemented to benefit the teachers and ultimately, the pupils in the schools.