Abstract
This study aimed to describe the difficulties faced by junior high school teachers in developing Lesson Plans based on the 2103 curriculum, and to found out the factors that cause difficulties, and solutions to overcome these difficulties. This type of research was a qualitative descriptive study. The participants of this study were one principal and twenty-five teachers of SMP Negeri 2 Merauke. The study data collection techniques applied questionnaires, interviews and documentation of teacher lesson plans. Data analysis in this study included data reduction, data presentation and conclusion. The results showed that teachers had difficulties in developing learning tools based on the curriculum 2013. Teacher difficulties included; (1) developing indicators of competency achievement, (2) developing schemes to achieve basic competencies, (3) developing apperception activities, (4) development of core activity activities, (5) designing activities to draw conclusions, and (6) formulating assessments. This Study concluded that teachers still need training in developing the curriculum 2013 tools, especially in the preparation of lesson plans.