| dc.description.abstract | The study sought to determine the influence of headteachers’
instructional supervisory role on pupils’ performance in KCPE in
Ololulunga Division. The objectives that guided the study were to
determine the extent to which checking of professional records by
headteachers influences pupils performance in KCPE, to establish the
extent to which headteachers’ classroom visitations influenced pupils’
performance in KCPE ,to assess the extent to which provision of
teaching and learning resources by headteachers influenced pupils’
performance in KCPE and to examine the extent to which headteachers’
checking of pupils notebooks influenced pupil’s performance in KCPE
in Ololulunga Division. The target population for the study was the 70
headteachers, 480 teachers and 960 pupils in all primary schools in the
division totaling 1,510. The simple random sampling method was used
to pick the teacher population and the purposeful sampling was used to
pick headteachers. Simple random sampling was used to sample
teachers and pupils for the study. The study employed the descriptive
survey design. Data was collected by use of questionnaires and
document analysis. The study found out that the headteachers rarely
engaged in class observation visits. All the headteachers confirmed that
teachers in their schools prepared lesson plans. The teachers equally
confirmed that the headteachers supervised and observed the activity of
lesson plan preparation in their schools. The headteachers confirmed
that they assessed pupils’ notebooks regularly. The responses by the
headteachers showed that most of them deemed the teaching and
learning materials provision for the schools as inadequate. The study
thus concluded that headteachers’ engagement in class observation
visits was infrequent; checking of professional records; and that
assessment of pupils’ notebooks was done irregularly. In addition the
study determined that the provision of teaching and learning materials
was deemed inadequate by many headteachers. The study recommended
that the headteachers should enhance classroom observation as an
instructional supervisory tool, TSC should enhance headteachers’
professional qualification, MOEST should make sure timely provision of
teaching and learning resources to ensure good performance in the
KCPE examination by the learners. The study suggested that a study
with a bigger scope like a nationwide survey should be carried out to
find out if the factors in Ololulunga Division are applying to other area | en_US |
