| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of head teachers instructional supervision strategies on curriculum implementation in public primary schools , extent to which head teachers supervision of syllabus coverage through results in the internal Examinations influences curriculum implementation in public primary schools , extent to which head teachers assessment of syllabus coverage influence curriculum implementation in public primary schools and the influence of head teachers frequency of checking teachers records on curriculum implementation in public primary schools .
The research design used was descriptive survey. The population of the study consisted of 50 public primary schools in Imenti South District. Out of the 50 schools 10 schools were selected to provide the sample schools which were randomly selected. The target population was public primary school head teachers and teachers in Imenti District .The research instrument used was the questionnaire, whose variables were tested for content validity and reliability. The questionnaire return rate was 100%. From investigation 86% of the teachers agreed that the internal instructional supervision help teachers to improve in assessment and evaluation of pupils which influences curriculum implementation in public primary schools very much. As far as head teachers supervision of syllabus coverage through results in the internal examinations influencing curriculum implementation in public primary schools is concerned, the percentage of those who scored 250 marks and over is an average of 11 % of those schools from which teachers were interviewed. From the survey, 80% of the head teachers surveyed were found to have covered 80 - 90% of the syllabus. It was also found that 70% of the head teachers were supervising teachers works daily and further 63% of the teachers were found their work being supervised by their head teachers daily. From the research findings the researcher recommended that head teachers to coordinate and inspect teaching in their schools ,induct new teachers ,motivate students to learn and head teachers to be more involved in observation of teachers' classroom performance than they are. | en_US |
