School Supervision, Inspection and Quality of Secondary Education in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Oyo State

Abstract

Effective school supervision and inspection have been identified as key mechanisms for improving educational outcomes. However, research specifically focusing on their influence on secondary education quality in the context of Ibadan North Local Government remains limited. This study adopted descriptive survey research design. Four hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population of the study comprised all the teachers’ and principals in Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State, while 391 teachers and principals were sampled through multistage sampling technique A self-structured questionnaire titled “Influence of School Supervision and Inspection on Quality of Secondary Education (ISSIQS)” containing 18 items with 0.85 reliability coefficient was used for data collection. The data collected was analysed using Pearson Product Moment correlation and multiple regression at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that school supervision has positive and significant relationship with quality education (r=0.049, p= 0.033) & (r = 0.706, p = 0.000) for both teachers and principals respectively. Also, school inspection has positive and (no) significant relationship with quality secondary education (r=0.266, p=0.243) & (r=0.753, p=0.000) for both teachers and principals respectively. There was found to be a relative and joint contribution of school supervision and inspection on the quality secondary education. The study concluded that school supervision and inspection have positive and significant relationship with quality secondary education. It was therefore recommended that school supervision and inspection should be given more attention to further enhance quality of secondary education.

Technical Education, which is geared towards preparing people for technological development of a nation, is fast diminishing in terms of recognition and utilization. Consequently, there is serious reduction in production of skilled and competent personnel who drive the economy for sustainable development at craft level in Nigeria. This study therefore was carried out to examine sustaining National Development through Quality Technical Education in Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was used. The study was conducted in the five Technical Colleges in Ondo state and purposive sampling was used in selecting 55 technical teachers. Three research questions were formulated and answered. A modified structured questionnaire called Sustaining National Development Through Quality Technical Education In Nigeria Questionnaire (SNDTQTEINQ) with a reliability coefficient of 0.82, was used to collect data for the study. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results revealed that teaching-learning facilities are grossly inadequate (x? = 1.68, SD = 1.24) most available facilities are obsolete (x? = 1.29, SD = 1.20), infrastructural materials for teaching-learning are rarely utilized (x? = 1.21, SD = 1.25), and there are acute shortage of Technical instructors (x? = 2.24, SD = 1.35; x? = 2.30, SD = 1.37), for effective training and teaching. These culminated to weakening the quality of technical education. Based on these findings, it was recommended that timely intervention is required in the area of providing adequate learning facilities, refurbishing old equipments, provision and utilization of technical infrastructures, and employment of more technical experts to all technical colleges should be given preference if the desired national sustainable development through quality technical education is to be achieved.