INFLUENCE OF PRINCIPALS’ SUPERVISORY ROLESON TEACHERS’ INSTRUCTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS IN MALUMFASHI ZONAL EDUCATION QUALITY ASSURANCE KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper surveyed influence of Principals’ Supervisory Roles on Teachers’ Instructional Effectiveness
in Secondary Schools in Malumfashi Zonal Education Quality Assurance Katsina State, Nigeria. Two
research questions were raised in line with the stated objectives and two null formulated hypotheses. The
study adopted Descriptive Survey Design. The population for the study comprised 363 Public Senior
Secondary Schools Teachers, 130 Parents-Teachers Association (PTA) ex-officio, 130 School-Based
Management Committee (SBMC) ex-officio and 15 Malumfashi Zonal Education Quality Assurance
(MZEQA) officials in Katsina State. A stratified random sampling technique was used where 140
teachers, 50 PTA ex-officio, 50 SBMC ex-officio and 15 MZEQA officials were sampled as the
respondents for the study. An adapted questionnaire developed by Maina (2014) titled; ‘Principals’ Supervisory Role for Teachers’ Instructional Effectiveness Questionnaire (PSRTIEQ) with two cluster
question was used as instrument for data collection. The instrument was developed on five (5) Likert
scales which was validated and pilot tested and the reliability indices of 0.53 and 0.62 for the clusters
were obtained respectively using Cronbach Alpha Technique. Descriptive Statistics of Frequency counts,
Percentage, Mean and Standard Deviations as well as Inferential Statistic of ANOVA were employed for
data Analysis. The data was processed with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS)
version 23.0. The findings revealed that Public Secondary Teachers’ classroom instructions become
effective when Principals or School Administrators adopt effective supervisory technique of classroom
visitation/observation to ensure quality instructions in the school system; and principals’ supervisory
role of records-checking makes public senior secondary schools teachers’ classroom instructions
become effective in terms of academic activities. Therefore, the study made the recommendations that;
the school Principals in Malumfashi Zonal Education Quality Assurance should maintain supervisory
role of classroom visitation or observation to teachers’ instructional delivery and provide them with
professional guidance and assistance where necessary as this will go a long way to enhancing teaching
and learning for the general effectiveness of the school system; and principals in Malumfashi Zonal
Education Quality Assurance should maintain an effective supervisory role in record keeping as this will
go a long way to enhancing academic excellence and their instructional effectiveness