Effectiveness Of School Based-Supervision In Improving School Performance In Government Secondary Schools Of Jimma Town

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess Effectiveness of School Based-Supervision in Improving School Performance in Government Secondary Schools of Jimma Town. A descriptive survey design was employed and purposive sampling and simple random sampling techniques were employed to select 7 government secondary schools with 3 cluster supervisors, 7 school principals, 47 school based supervisors and 50 teachers who were included in this study. Questionnaire was the main quantitative data gathering tool in which 47 school based supervisors and 50 teachers filled the questionnaires. An interview was also conducted with 7 school principals and FGD with 3 cluster supervisors. Totally 107 respondents were participated in this research. The quantitative data was analyzed by using mean scores and T-test for teachers and school based supervisor’s respondents by using SPSS v.26.o. The main findings come out from this study were: shows the effectiveness of school based supervision in improving school performance was very poor (the mean score was less than 3.00): school based supervisors did not prepare clear and well-organized plan for school based supervision and with the deficiency of implementing properly and efficiently to improve school performance, because the mean score shows less than 3.00; the actual school based supervisory practices were not aligned with the expected standards of school based supervision in improving school performance (the mean score shows low performance/ less than 3.00); the teachers' attitude towards school based supervisory activities was negative and school based supervision activities faced several challenges that hinder its effectiveness in school performance improvement. Based on the findings, it is concluded that school based supervision activities were not implemented according to their principle to the expected level to improve school performance and the school based supervision practice encountered many challenges; It is recommended that school based supervisors need to give due attention for each and every school based supervision activities to improve school performance, exert their effort to change the teachers' negative perception towards school based supervision activities through open discussions to convince them and overcome the encountered challenges by providing training programs, by reducing the workload of school based supervisors and by selection of school based supervisors in collaboration with the concerned bodies of education sector ( MoE, Regional Education Bureau, ZEo, WEo, CRC, and schools) and with other stakeholders.