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INVESTIGATION INTO THE PROBLEMS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION:
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this essay was to
investigate the problems of secondary schools administration with reference to
supervision of instruction and discipline as affected both the effectiveness
and efficiency of teaching and learning processes in Remo-North Local
Government Area of Ogun State.
For the purpose of the study,
questionnaire was designed and administered for the teachers (respondents)
drawn from the sampled schools.
The responses were collated and the data analysed. However the study
showed that:
i. Principals have little or no time
to do effective supervision in schools.
ii. Teachers are not ready to assist the
principals in the supervision processes
iii. Poor quality of teaching and learning
is a bye-product of ineffective supervision.
iv. Indisciplinary problems abound in
schools.
v. Indiscipline in schools is making
effective supervision of instruction a problem,
Above all,
suggestions were made on the ways of solving the identified problems of
supervision of instruction and discipline in schools, so that the school system
is improved upon for good quality.
CHAPTER ONE
1.0. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Background to the Study
The pride of every educational system
depends mostly on the good quality of its products (Erinle, 2003). The quality
however depends on the standard of administration (supervision and discipline)
which both the teachers and students enjoy. Therefore, if this statement is
acceptable to us in education enterprise, it could be said that, the present
standard of our educational system and the products which it produces could be
said to be the bye-products of its system.
Further to the above, it was also
observed that until the problems of supervision of instruction and effective
discipline are looked unto and solved, no meaningful responsible citizens, who
will be able to help or assist the society in which he/she finds him/herself,
probably, this is the undisputed reason why previous researchers in educational
administration like (Erinle, 2003) (Ijaduola, 2004) in their various comments on
the conditions of education in Nigeria said:
“primary
schools have virtually decayed secondary schools are congested, both Colleges
of Education and Polytechnics exist under their old shadows, while Universities
and research centres are the worst”.
Hence the
above contention actually describes the prevailing conditions and situations in
our educational institutions.
However, many factors have been
identified as being responsible for the above circumstances in our schools
today in which both supervision of instructions and effective discipline are
taking the lead other factors are either poor or inadequate funding, absence of
better learning conditions, inadequate supply of both qualified and experienced
teachers as well as over population of students in classes.
Therefore, if both supervision of
instruction and discipline are regarded as an important integral part of school
administration, which the secondary school administrator (i.e. the principal)
should undertake, then, the supervision of instruction and discipline towards
raising both the standard /quality of learning and upgrade the tone of the
school should however be greatly improved upon by giving adequate attention.
It is necessary to state it clearly
from the onset that no matter the level and professional capability of a school
administrator is, if such school could not produce useful and responsible
citizens to the society, such school is bound to face negative criticisms and
attacks from all angles. It then follows that, before any school could be said
to receive the blessings and support of the society, the quality of what the
students receive in such schools should be good-enough to prove its worth.
Finally, it is therefore to belief of
this researcher to make sure that, problems of supervision of instructions and
effective enforcement of better discipline as it affects secondary schools in
Remo North Local Government will be the main focus of her research works.
1.2. Statement of the Problem
Specifically, this work is intended
mainly to investigate the problems of supervision of instructions and effective
enforcement of discipline in secondary schools in Remo North Local Government
Area of Ogun State which arises as a result of the inability of the agencies
saddled with the responsibility of administering the schools.
Further to this, the type of
supervision, problems which would be looked into will include the inability of
the principals of the secondary schools to supervise instructions effectively
and the factors militating against their functions. Also, the role of the
individual teacher in the process of supervision of instructions is generally
low and inadequate, thus not – encouraging and why this is so?
However, since it is only in the
atmosphere of peace and orderliness that effective supervision of instructions
could take place, the study will therefore include other disciplinary problems
of the schools which include students disregard to the school authorities as
well as students disregard to the school rules and regulations.
1.3. Purpose of the Study
The main purpose of this research
work is to critically examine the problems of secondary school administration
in Remo North Local Government of Ogun State specifically; the problems shall
include adequate supervision of instruction and effective enforcement of good
discipline in the entire school system.
Apart from the above, the extent to
which the school administrators (i.e. the principals and staff) conceive and
perceive these administrative problems will be fully examined. Also, the
efforts of both the teachers and principals in solving the highlighted
administrative problems will be reforce be the major focus of the study.
1.4. Assumptions
From the above highlighted problems
of the study, the following assumptions were carefully formulated to pilot the
research work. They are:
i. That, the more the problem of
supervision of instruction exist in secondary schools, the less the achievement
of the school goals will be.
ii. That, the more the problem of
indiscipline in secondary schools persists, the more difficult, it is to
produce responsible citizens towards realizing the aspiration of the schools.
iii. That, the more, the problem of
indiscipline persists in our secondary schools, the less the tone of the school
will be.
1.5. Aims and Objectives of the Study
The main aim
of this research work is to investigate into the various factors militating
against effective secondary schools administration in Remo-North Local
Government Area of Ogun State with the sole aim of finding necessary solutions
to the problems in attempt to improve the quality of service delivery.
However, in
specific terms, the above major aims could be broken down into the following
objectives which include:
(a) To find out factors responsible for
ineffective supervision of instructions.
(b) To find out what actually contribute
to the problems of effective discipline in secondary schools.
(c) To find out the contributions of both
the teachers and non-teaching staff to the administrative problems in secondary
schools.
(d) To find out solutions to such problems
through recommendations or suggestions towards better service delivery in
secondary schools.
1.6. Research Hypotheses
Based on the stated assumptions of
the study, the following hypotheses were postulated to guide the study. They
include:
i. There would be no significant
differences between effective supervision and administration of the school.
ii. There would be no significant
differences between adequate school discipline and administration of the
school.
1.7. Research Questions
The following research questions have
been developed from both the research assumptions and hypotheses to guide the
study. They include:
i. Does the principal have time to
supervise his/her teachers regularly?
ii. Does the principal make use of
his/her teachers during supervision of instruction processes?
iii. What is the attitude of the teachers
towards effective supervision of instructions?
iv. Do the principal and teachers
cooperate in all issues relating to the effective discipline in the schools?
v. What is the general effect of the
absence of effective discipline on the process of supervision of instruction in
the secondary schools investigated?
1.8. Area of the Study
As the individual, the government,
the general public and indeed, all the education practitioners and stakeholders
are aware of the various difficulties militating against the effective
development of education at all levels especially at the secondary school
level.
Therefore, the area of the
concentration of this researcher is to carefully investigate the various
problems of secondary school administration in Remo North Local Government Area
of Ogun State with the aim of finding necessary and required remedies to them
for effective service delivery.
Also, the area of study is located in
the Northern part of the present day Remo division of Ogun State. On the area’s
socio-economic characteristics, the people in the area of study share common
languages, food, dressing, values, attitudes and traditions. They practice
agriculture while some of its people also involve themselves in small scale
business.
1.9. Operational Definition of Terms
The following terms shall be carefully
looked into with the aim of knowing their meanings as they are used in the
study. They include:
Secondary
School: The second stage/level in any formal education which comes up after
primary education and before tertiary education in the current Nigeria
educational system. This educational level is run for six years.
Administration:
To govern, to direct, to control, or to coordinate.
Supervision:
Watching over something to see that, it is done well or to monitor programme or
activity to ensure that it is carried out as expected.
Instruction:
Teaching a course of study.
Discipline:
Orderliness or doing the right thing at the right time without being force to
it or an atmosphere of peace and order.
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