Teachers’ Perceptions of Ministry of Education Inspection on Improving Students’ Academic Performance in Public Secondary Schools
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This study was carried out to assess Teachers’ Perception of Ministry of Education
Inspection on Improving Students’ Academic Performance in Public Secondary
Schools in Urban District in Zanzibar. The study was guided by three objectives. To
explore the teachers’ perception on school inspection activity, to explore the
challenges that the inspectors face in the whole process of inspection and to determine
the degree of implementation of inspection reports and its influence on students’
academic performance in secondary schools. The study adopted qualitative approach
and used descriptive case study design. The research used sample size of 55
respondents; who were purposefully selected. The findings revealed that, school
inspection is not effective in improving academic performance due to irregularity in
the inspection practices. It was also found that where inspection was done
recommendations given to schools were not effective. In addition the findings
indicated that, school inspectors were facing multiple challenges that hinder the work.
The challenges include; lack of the authority to punish teachers who fail to adhere to
the way they should teach, transport problems, limited number of inspectors as
compared to the number of schools and poor budget, from the findings the study
recommends that school inspection should be revisited urgently, so that they can come
up with new techniques of making it more effective as a means to improve the
education quality in Zanzibar.
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Teachers’ Perceptions