THE EVALUATION OF SUPERVISORY PRACTICES IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS

ABSTRACT

This study appraised the supervisory practices of primary school Head teachers in Ohafia Education Zone of Abia State. Four Specific purposes of study, four research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Survey research design was adopted for the study. A structure questionnaire was developed for data collection. The population of the study consist of 263 Head teachers and 3,995 classroom teachers. The entire population of Head teachers was used while 399 teachers were sampled from the total population. The research instrument was face validated by experts in educational administration and planning and other experts from measurement and evaluation. The instrument was distributed and data obtained were analyzed using mean and standard deviation while the two null hypotheses were analyzed using t-test. The major finding of the study shows that Head teachers appraise teachers’ activities through visitation. The finding also revealed that demonstration of reaching methodology is carried out by supervisors to be adopted by teachers as technique of teaching for gaining learners attention. Recommendations were made for further improvement of the study.