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Metropolitan Journal of Academic and Applied Research
MJAAR
Stakeholder Perceptions Of NCDC’s Curriculum Alignment For A-Level Under The New Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) Framework
Dr. Arinaitwe Julius, Akampulira Sarah, Nabaasa Desire
| Journal | Metropolitan Journal of Academic and Applied Research (MJAAR) |
| Volume / Issue | Vol. 5, No. 7 |
| Published | 31 July 2026 |
| ISSN | 3006-6417 |
Abstract
The National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) extended Uganda's Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), first rolled out at Ordinary Level in 2020, to Advanced Level (A-Level), raising questions about the degree to which the new A-Level syllabi, pedagogy, and assessment structures were coherently aligned with the lower-secondary competency framework and with the practical realities of schools, teachers, learners, and parents. This study assessed stakeholder perceptions of NCDC's curriculum alignment for A-Level under the new CBC framework, guided by three specific objectives: to examine stakeholder awareness and understanding of the CBC-aligned A-Level curriculum; to assess perceptions of resource adequacy and teacher preparedness for its implementation; and to determine the demographic, institutional, and awareness-related factors that significantly predicted stakeholder perceptions of curriculum alignment. A cross-sectional quantitative design was adopted, drawing a stratified random sample of 380 respondents comprising teachers, students, parents, school administrators, and NCDC officials across the Central, Western, Eastern, and Northern regions of Uganda. Data were simulated to reflect plausible response patterns consistent with documented CBC rollout experiences and were analysed using univariate statistics (frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations, skewness, and kurtosis), bivariate statistics (Pearson correlation and chi- square tests with Cramer's V), and multivariate ordinary least squares (OLS) regression with heteroscedasticity-robust (HC3) standard errors, complemented by a sensitivity analysis using winsorized outcome data and variance inflation factor (VIF) diagnostics. Findings indicated an overall composite alignment perception score that was centrist-to- cautiously-positive (mean = 56.4, SD = 13.6, out of 100), with NCDC officials and school administrators reporting the most favourable perceptions and students and parents reporting the least favourable, a pattern that was statistically significant (χ² = 144.25, df = 8, p < .001, Cramer's V = 0.436). Regression results showed that CBC awareness, training exposure, resource adequacy, and teacher preparedness were the strongest positive predictors of alignment perception
Keywords
National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC); Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC); A-
Cite This Article
Dr. Arinaitwe Julius, Akampulira Sarah & Nabaasa Desire (2026). Stakeholder Perceptions Of NCDC’s Curriculum Alignment For A-Level Under The New Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) Framework. Metropolitan Journal of Academic and Applied Research, 5(7). https://journals.miu.ac.ug/pages/article.php?article_id=674
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