PERCEPTION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ABOUT SUPERVISION EXERCISE IN NIGERIA PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Abstract

In this paper, the author examined the perception of primary school teachers about supervision exercise in Nigerian primary schools. The sample comprised 1258 (581 men, 677 women) classroom teachers who were randomly selected from 81 primary schools in Akinyele, Ona-Ara, and Ibadan South East Local Government Education Authorities, Oyo State, Nigeria. A questionnaire titled “Supervision and Quality of Instruction in Primary Schools” was administered on the sample.  Frequency counts, percentages, and independent sample t - test were used to analyse the data.  Results showed that fairly large sizes of the respondents were favourably disposed to supervision exercise in primary schools. Male teachers were more favourably disposed to supervision exercise than female teachers. However, generally the respondents were of the opinion that effective supervision is necessary in order to enhance the quality of instruction and to maintain standard in primary schools. The findings suggest the need for the government at all levels to strengthen supervision exercise in primary schools.