This article presents the findings of a study on
Mozambique model of teachers’ training course and how
it impacts on the primary school curriculum
management. The qualitative methodologies were used
in order to describe and analyse this type of teachers’
training effect on curriculum management and pupils’
academic performance. The government recruits grade
10 graduates and train them for one year as primary
school teachers. The study was undertaken through
qualitative research. The design for this study was case
study. The study was conducted in Zambezia Province in
Mozambique, Data were generated through interviews
with education directors, head teachers, recruiters and
heads of communities with an intention of understanding
how this type of training impacts on primary school
management curriculum in the country. The data were
analysed using grounded theory. The key finding was
that Mozambique has experimented with various models
of teacher education since independence as the results,
Primary school education is not improving because of
the quality of teacher’s education and participants were
not happy with grade 10 + 1 year of teachers training
course considering the period of training is short. The
study concludes that teachers are not well trained due to
the short period of training and pupils’ academic
achievement is affected negatively by the type of teachers
who are not well trained. The study recommends that
the Government of the Republic of Mozambique
allocates more financial support to the education system
to provide enough learning period at list grade 10 + 3
years of training. The government should benchmark
the teachers’ development programme with oether
SADC member states.
Keywords : One Year, Teachers’ Training, Mozambique Schools.