Implementation of Feedback from External Supervision for Quality Assurance in Public Secondary Schools in Anambra State

Abstract

The seeming non implementation of feedback from external supervision in secondary schools in Nigeria necessitated this study on the extent of implementation of feedback from external supervision for quality assurance in public secondary schools in Anambra State. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. Four research questions guided the study while four hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population for the study consisted of 265 principals and 12,000 teachers in public secondary schools in Anambra State. The sample size for this study comprised 898 respondents, consisting of 31 principals and 867 teachers which were composed in multi-stages sampling technique. Researchers’ developed questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts. The Cronbach’s alpha method was used to determine the internal consistency of the items which yielded an overall reliability coefficient index of 0.81. The researchers with the help of five research assistants distributed and successfully collected 738 copies of the questionnaire administered which were used for data analysis. The research questions were answered using the arithmetic mean and standard deviation while the t-test was used to test the hypotheses. It was found among others that feedback from external supervision concerning lesson observation was implemented to a high extent in secondary schools by principals and teachers and that no significant difference existed between mean ratings of principals and teachers on the extent of implementation of feedback from external supervision concerning lesson observation in public secondary schools. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that teachers should sustain their implementation of feedback from external supervision concerning lesson observation, that way, their students will continue to benefit from their lesson delivery in public secondary schools in Anambra State.