Abstract: This study examined curriculum management styles applied by government and private schools in different pupils' academic performance levelsin reading, writing, counting as well as Grade Seven results and proposepotential solutions. The study was undertaken through mixed methods and underpinned by pragmatism philosophy. The design for this study was concurrent triangulation. The population of the study included Grade Three pupils, teachers, and head teachers, ministry of education officials, parents and guardians. Probability and purposive sampling techniques were used to select … pupils and 45 participants respectively. Quantitative data were collected through….. Data were analysed through …. Qualitative data were generated using interviews, documents analysis and observations. The data were analysed using grounded theory. The key result was that pupils learning in public primary......
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