Abstract:
The survival of every educational institution largely depends on its effects to
supervise activities in the school to ensure efficiency in administration. The study was
motivated by the desire to explore factors that influence effective supervision in junior
high schools and to identify strategies that could help to manage the challenges. It points
out the fact that supervision was targeted at providing assistance to teachers and also
meeting quality demand in education. The accessible population was head teachers,
teachers and students of junior high schools in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality in the
Ashanti region. A sample of 100 was used using stratified sampling technique. A 22 item
questionnaire was used in data collection. The items yielded a reliability coefficient of
0.81. Data analyzed were converted to percentages and were used to present the results
obtained. The study found that the provision of supervision has raised issues that hinder
its effectiveness in junior high schools. These among others included lack of cooperation
from teachers, training and motivation of heads. It was recommended that encouraging
teachers to solve minor issues could help to win their cooperation. The integration of
training in the area of supervision into academic programs of colleges of education and
universities could be of immense help. Ghana education service needs to expand its
motivation base to include supervision in junior high schools.
Description:
A project Report submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership, Faculty
of Education and Communication Studies, University of Education, Winneba, in
Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Master of Arts Degree in
Educational Leadership
