RUAHA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

The study examined secondary school preparedness to manage disease outbreaks and established parameters that were employed to predict the effects of secondary school preparedness on curriculum implementation. A pragmatic paradigm was adopted with a mixed-methods approach being employed. The sample size was 60 teachers, 18 school management teams and 36 students from six secondary schools in Iringa Municipality, Tanzania. The data were collected through questionnaires and semi-structured interview methods. The study findings revealed that school preparedness can be measured through six main parameters: school plans, training mechanisms, policy formulation and practice, school resources, budgeting and school community knowledge and involvement. The study recommends that the government through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology should emphasize every secondary school to have plans and a school disease policy to manage diseases and disease outbreaks.

Curriculum Implementation, Disease Outbreak, School Preparedness