The Practices and Problems of School Based Supervision in Secondary schools of north Gondar Administrative Zone

Sentayehu, Negash

dc.contributor.author	Sentayehu, Negash
dc.date.accessioned	2017-08-01T04:41:34Z
dc.date.available	2017-08-01T04:41:34Z
dc.date.issued	2011-08-01
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7505
dc.description	A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Principalship	en_US
dc.description.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.	en_US
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT	en_US
dc.title	The Practices and Problems of School Based Supervision in Secondary schools of north Gondar Administrative Zone	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US