Volume : 2, Issue : 8, AUG 2016

TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF QUALITY ASSURANCE AND STANDARDS OFFICERS' SUPERVISORY ROLES IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS' ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENTS IN KIAMBU COUNTY, KENYA

Teresia W. Ruga, Dr. Alexander K. Ronoh, Prof. Joyce Mbwesa

Abstract

 This study investigated teachers' perceptions of the effectiveness of Quality Assurance and Standard Officers'(QASOs)supervisory roles in public primary schools' academic improvements in Kiambu County of Kenya. The critical role of supervision as one of the dominant strategies for monitoring and improving the performance of education systems in schools cannot be over emphasized. Supervision is concerned with the improvement of learning outcomes and should be an integral part of school improvement programmes. Descriptive survey research design was guided this study. The target population was 6083 public primary school teachers and 515 head teachers. Multi-stage cluster sampling technique was employed to get an adequate sample from the population. Upon calculation, the sample size of the county was as follows: 341 teachers and 154 head teachers. The major finding of this study was that teachers' perceptionsof the effectiveness ofthe Quality Assurance and Standard Officers' supervisory roles in public primary schools academic improvement were positive.

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