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The study examined teachers’ age and marital status and the implementation of Junior Secondary School social studies curriculum in Akwa Ibom state of Nigeria. The population of this study consisted of all the 225 teachers teaching social studies in the 334 Junior Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom State. The study adopted Expost-Facto research design while simple random sampling technique was used in selecting the respondents. The instrument for data collection which was tagged “Teachers’ Age and Marital Status and Implementation of Social Studies Curriculum Questionnaire (TAMSISCQ)” was administered to the respondents and used for the study. The instrument was validated by two educational evaluators in the faculty of education. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics was used to test the hypotheses. From the results of the data analysis, it was observed that the age of the teacher is an essential factor in the implementation of the Junior Secondary School Social Studies Curriculum in Akwa Ibom State. Marital status of Social Studies teachers is not an important factor in the implementation of Social Studies Curriculum in Akwa Ibom State Junior Secondary Schools. In conclusion, teachers in Akwa Ibom State actively involve themselves in the implementation of junior secondary Social Studies curriculum. It was therefore recommended that instructional materials should be made available by relevant authorities for the teaching of Social Studies as this will make for better understanding and retention of content learnt.