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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: This paper examines the influence of supervision of teachers by head teachers on students' academic performance in secondary schools in Bureti District, Kenya. Average mean scores of secondary schools in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examinations (KCSE) results for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 were used to create three categories of schools in the District: Highly Performing (HPS), Averagely Performing (APS) and Low Performing (LPS) Schools. All the schools whose head teachers had served in their stations for a period of three or more years up to 2006 were chosen. Simple random sampling was used to select teachers in every school and descriptive survey design was used to show the nature of relationships between supervision of teachers and students' academic performance. Questionnaires were used to collect data. The data were analysed using Chi-square and Pearson's Coefficient of Correlation. Results revealed that supervision had positive relationship with the schools' overall mean scores in KCSE examinations. The study recommended that head teachers should improve on teacher supervision if schools were to register improved performance in KCSE examinations. The findings and recommendations of the study are useful in the efforts towards improvement in teacher supervision in secondary schools in Kenya. |
| Keywords: head teachers, teacher supervision, students' academic performance, Kenya certificate of secondary examinations |
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