The implementation of continuous assessment in social studies, grades 5-7, in the Windhoek education region

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The results indicated that the Social Studies teachers experienced a number of problems. These problems ranged from lack of professional experience, no proper guidelines given to them, lack of in-service training to implement continuous assessment, inadequate time and duration of in-service training, lack of assistance given to them to carry out continuous assessment at ministerial as well as school level, absence of supervision and monitoring from officials from the Ministry of Basic Education, Sport and Culture

The teachers also indicated the factors that hindered them from carrying out their tasks in conducting continuous assessment effectively. These included learners not doing their homework and no funds available for purchasing adequate teaching and learning materials, no proper guidelines to implement continuous assessment and no proper training received

It is therefore recommended that policy makers should address the problems that teachers experience in carrying out continuous assessment. The study also recommended that regular in-service training should be offered to enable teachers to update their skills in the formulation of quality assessment tasks. Further it was recommended that the policy makers should visit schools to monitor the correct implementation of policies