COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERVISORY ROLES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND INSPECTORS OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated the instructional supervisory roles of secondary school principals and inspectors of the ministry of education in Lagos state.A total of 20 principals and 20 inspectors were randomly selected. A descriptive research of the survey design was adopted for the study. Two sets of questionnaire were used to gather information from the sample chosen for the study. The validity of the instruments was ascertained. The internal consistency of the instruments was established through test-retest method which produced a coefficient of 0.76 and 0.78 respectively.Two hypotheses were generated and tested at 0.05levelofsignificance. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson product moment correlation to test the relationship.The study revealed that there was significant relationship between principals and inspectorsinstructional supervision. Thestudies also showed that principals and inspectors were alert to the possibilities for improvement of instructions, possess the ability to work and actively engaged in discharging their duties in terms of monitoring and evaluation. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the Principals and inspectorsshould be given more necessary orientation which would guide themthe more in their positions as instructional supervisors. They should be refreshed through working in conjunction with neighboring universities. Workshops, seminars and in service training should be made available to them. Inspectors from the Ministry of Education should be equipped to make reports available and follow up to see that weaknesses identified in schools are corrected.