The Practice and Challenges of Instructional Supervision in Aba Fransua Primary School of Gubre Tow

Abstract

The purpose of study was to examine the Practice and Challenges of Instructional Supervision of Aba Fransua primary School in Gubrye Town. To conduct the study, descriptive survey was employed and qualitative data was collected through interview. Purposive sampling technique was employed to select the principals, supervisor and woreda education of icer because they are small in number. The school was selected through random sampling techniques in order to save time and finance. To this end one primary school selected randomly from these school, 2 principals,1 education of icer and 1 supervisor were selected purposively because they are small in number but 48 teachers were selected through random sampling because they are large in number. Totally, 2 principals, 1 supervisor, 1 education of icer and 48 teachers were included in this study. Questionnaire and interview were the main data gathering instruments for this study. Thus 48 teachers filled the questionnaire. An interview was also conducted to enrich the qualitative data. As a result 2 principals,1supervisor,1 education of icer were interviewed. Quantitative data collected through questionnaire was analyzed by using frequency and percentage and data gathered through interview was analyzed in line with questionnaire. Consequently, the main findings come out from this study were: instructional supervisor attempt to identify strengths and limitation was insuf icient; teachers gained support from supervisors in order to improve their instructional skills was insuf icient. Instructional supervisor’s ef ort in liaising schools/ clusters with various organizations, community groups and others interest in matters that af ect quality education were insuf icient. Based on this it was recommended that, the school administration, woreda education of ice and city administration should take appropriate measures including supply of adequate financial support to supervision and supply written materials like relevant manuals and guide lines to supervisors.The woreda education, school administrations and town administration should supply the relevant manual and guide lines for supervisors to guide them how supervision service should practice and planned to practice. The supervisors should guide lines in order to support teachers and school workers on their work. Regarding inadequate budget the school administration, woreda education of ice and Gubrye town administration of ice should allocate finance to facilitate supervision process because finance is a blood for any organization to achieve its goals