Effects of Educational Supervision on Students'Academic Performance in Nadowli District in the Upper West Region of Ghana

Abstract

The study finds out the effects of educational supervision on students' academic performance in the Nadowli District in the Upper West Region of Ghana. Four research questions were used for the study. The descriptive research design was employed for the study. Both the purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select 30 education officers and 100 teachers respectively for the study. The research instrument that was used to collect the data was the questionnaire. The data gathered was analyzed and presented in frequencies and percentages. The study revealed that most of the respondents agreed that educational supervision helped to improve quality of education. Also, it was realized that educational supervision in the district followed a top-down process. Again, it was revealed that the role of supervisors was providing assistance to teachers, providing feedback and providing of guidance and counselling services. The study further revealed that inadequacy of trained personnel posed a great challenge to educational supervision. Based on the findings, it was recommended that Supervisors should be encouraged and motivated by the Government, stakeholders, and Non-governmental organizations with incentives to enable them visit schools to supervise teachers. Much training, pre-service and in-service-training should be given to supervisors by Ghana Education Service.