Abstract:
This paper presents findings of the study that was carried out to examine secondary school teachers’ perceptions on applicability of communication skills course in their workplace. The study used a total of 40 secondary school teachers and employed a case study research design. An in-depth interview was conducted to solicit detailed information from respondents and collected data were coded and thematically analysed. The study has revealed that communication skills knowledge is applicable in teachers’ workplace for different situations such as in school meetings, in different forms of writing, in communicating with core-workers and other people in general, in giving directives to students etc. The study recommends that universities should continue offering the course but need to modify on the methods of delivery, time for studying the course and align the course with students’ career so that they can see the need of paying more attention when learning the course
