Stakeholders’ Perception towards the Modular Approach Curriculum in the Ethiopian Northern Cluster Public Universities

The modular approach curriculum is a current innovation to the Ethiopian Universities. There are various factors that affect the implementation of the modular approach curriculum among which is perception of Stakeholders. Thus, the overall purpose of this research voyage was to analyse the perceptions of key stakeholders towards the modular approach curriculum for health professionals. The research framework employed was convergent parallel mixed design. The research settings were four Ethiopian Northern Cluster Public Universities. The sources of data were academic leaders, instructors and students from the four universities and curriculum experts from the Ethiopian Ministry of Education. Stratified proportional simple random, available and purposive sampling techniques were used. The data collection instruments employed were questionnaires, interviews and focused group discussions. One sample t-test was used for analysising the quantitative data with the help of SPSS version 22 while the qualitative data were analysed on thematic bases. The analyzed results disclosed that leaders, instructors, students and curriculum experts had positive perceptions towards the modular approach curriculum. In a nutshell, it can be concluded that leaders, instructors, students and curriculum experts seem to be comfortable with the modular approach curriculum in the Ethiopian context. Hence, it seems feasible to recommend that the Ethiopian Northern Cluster Public Universities and the Ministry of Education should exert their steady efforts to maintain the continuity of such favourable perceptions of the key stakeholders towards the modular approach curriculum.