Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the practice and problems of school based
supervision
in some selected secondary school of North Gondar Administrative zone. The
study particularly treats the practice and problems
ofSBS in terms ofthe three domains of
supervision; namely, curriculum development, instructional development and staff
development. The study was conducted in randomly selected twelve government secondary
schools
of North Gondar Adm. Zone. To accomplish this purpose, the study employed a
descriptive survey method. A total
oftwo hundred eighty two participants were included in
this study.
Among these 148 were teachers, 118 were school based supervision committee
members, (
72 Department Heads, 24 unit leaders, and 22 School Supervision Committee
members), all selected by systematic random sampling techniques, and all the
12 principals
and
4 Woreda cluster school supervisors selected by purposive sampling drawn from the
)
sample schools, were also involved in the study. Questionnaire were filled by the 266
teachers,
and SBS committee members was the main instrument ofdata collection. Interview
was held with principals and supervisors. The frequency count and mean were used
for data
analysis. The qualitative data obtained through interview, and open ended questions were
analysed using narration. Findings
of the study revealed that the SBS implementation
practices in terms
of curriculum development, instructional development and staff
development was ineffective. The study also revealed that SBS was affected by many
problems that are related
to the School itself, the supervisors and the clients themselves. On
the basis ofthe findings, the study concluded that, SBS is not given due considerations, it is
also characterized by failing state and has not been adequately practiced to promote
teachers professional competences, and
to improve teaching-learning processes. Finally,
integrating
SBS in to school plan and daily operation, allocating adequate budget by school
officials; developing guideline, and establishing a better organizational structure
ofSBS by
officials from school
to Bureau level, and providing training and reducing work load ofSB
supervisors by officials from school
to Zone level to alleviate the problems that hampered the
practice
ofSBS are recommendations made by the study.
