| dc.description.abstract | The study sought to find out the influence of head teachers’ instructional
supervisory roles on pupils’ performance in Kenya certificate of primary
education in Tana North Sub-County, Kenya. The study had emphasis of
finding out how the classroom observations, enforcement of professional
documents preparation, headteachers frequency in assessing pupils’ notebooks
and provision of instructional materials affects the academic performance of
pupils in Tana North Sub-county. The study employed a descriptive design
and the target population for the study comprised of all the 45 headteachers in
the 45 primary schools in Tana North Sub-county, the teachers in all the
primary schools in the Sub-county who were 306 in number and a District
Quality Assurance and Standards Officer. The stratified random sampling
method was used for sampling purposes and data was collected by use of
questionnaires, an interview schedule, and document analysis guide. The data
was analyzed using inferential and descriptive statistics. The study concluded
that classroom observation had the capacity to influence mutual relations
between the teachers and head teachers. Enforcement of professional
documents preparation had the capacity to instill order in the teachers’ work
and a sense of purpose in their delivery. Pupil’s notebooks assessment forced
teachers to provide pupils with good quality notes and provision of
instructional materials by the headteachers as an instructional supervisory role
assured the primary schools of regular and equitable access of academic
accessories. Adherence to the tenets of instructional supervision positively
influenced pupils’ academic performance. The Ministry of Education should
facilitate the quality assurance and standards department to ensure that
headteachers strictly conduct classroom observation. It should also strictly
enforce the practice of supervisory visits undertaken in the schools. It should
also seek to assure that preparation of professional documents is strictly
enforced in all schools. Headteachers should also be implored on to strictly
observe pupils notebooks and they should be relieved of their teaching duties
to make them more effective. Enforcement of the provisions of the education
act will see to it that the headteachers exercise greater prudence in the wake of
utilization of funds allocated to the schools for the acquisition of instructional
materials. | en_US |
