THE ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF DISTRICT SCHOOL SUPERVISORS IN KANO STATE
THE ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF DISTRICT SCHOOL SUPERVISORS IN KANO STATE
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1993-10
Authors
INUWA, TIJJANI BABURA
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The purpose of this study was to determine
the extent to which the roles and functions of
District school supervisors contribute to the
improved condition of primary schools required in
Kano State.
A sample of 11 District Education
Officers and 22 District School Supervisors
was drawn for the purpose of collecting data for
the study, one hundred and four Headmasters with
456 teachers in Kano State participated in the
study. Four different sets of questionnaires
were administered for data collection. However,
the sample was adopted by way of using the method
suggested by Borg and Gall (1971).
The collected data were interpreted using
frequencies and simple percentages. The findings
showed that the schools are lacking in accommodation
and other instructional facilities. Furthermore,
it was discovered that communication between the
supervisor, the Teachers and the Headmasters is
not effective. Along this line, the provision
of transportation facilities to the supervisors,
for the discharge of their duties was found to
be inadequate. It was found that headmasters do
not give instructional leadership especially on
staff development, seminar and workshop, induction
and refresher courses.
The study then recommends that since the
quality of the teaching force is the backbone of
effective teaching and learning, the supervisors
should on their own part ensure that the teachers
are given access to in-service courses on eitherpart-
time or full-time basis, on the provision
of adequate facilities for teaching the District
School supervisor should act as a liaison agent
between the school, the teacher and the administrator,
in this regard, the supervisor has to
understand the problems of the teachers and also
try to be familiar with the sources of help for the
teachers, the headmasters and the schools. The
researcher further recommends that there is the
need for permanent vehicle and a fixed typist/
clerk to the office of the D.S.S.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL
FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF EDUCATION
IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
ZARIA
1993
Keywords
ROLES, FUNCTIONS, DISTRICT SCHOOL, SUPERVISORS, KANO STATE