_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: Email: mtongadingase@gmail.com; Asian J. Educ. Soc. Stud., vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 29-39, 2024 Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies Volume 50, Issue 6, Page 29-39, 2024; Article no.AJESS.116840 ISSN: 2581-6268 Barriers to Implementing Civic Education as a Compulsory Subject in Kabwe District Secondary Schools, Zambia Dingase E. Mtonga a* , Oliver Magasu b and Clement Mwaanga a a Mulungushi University, Kabwe Central Province, Zambia. b Kwame Nkrumah University, Kabwe Central Province, Zambia. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/AJESS/2024/v50i61391 Open Peer Review History: This journal follows the Advanced Open Peer Review policy. Identity of the Reviewers, Editor(s) and additional Reviewers, peer review comments, different versions of the manuscript, comments of the editors, etc are available here: https://www.sdiarticle5.com/review-history/116840 Received: 01/03/2024 Accepted: 04/05/2024 Published: 07/05/2024 ABSTRACT Civic education stands as a cornerstone in shaping active citizenship and fostering democratic values within the educational systems. However, the Zambia national education policy provides that the subject should be taught to all learners at the senior secondary school level. Nonetheless, this study investigated the barriers to implementing civic education as a compulsory subject at the senior secondary school level in Zambia, with a focus on Kabwe District secondary schools. Employing a mixed-methods approach under the convergent parallel design, quantitative and qualitative data was simultaneously collected from 319 participants comprising head teachers, heads of department social sciences, teachers of civic education, section heads, grade 12 learners and key informants from the Ministry of Education. An online questionnaire was employed to collect Original Research Article