TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION OF PRINCIPALS’ APPLICATION OF SUPERVISORY PRINCIPLES IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NORTH WEST ZONE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated the perception of teachers on principals’ application of supervisory principles in public and private senior secondary schools of North - West zone, Nigeria. Two objectives, one research question and its corresponding hypothesis guided the conduct of the study. Descriptive survey was adopted as the research design. The sample size was Three hundred and eighty - two (382), which comprised two hundred and eight (208) public school teachers and one hundred and seventy - four (174) private school teachers, drawn through proportionate, stratified and random sampling techniques, from a population of 51,577 teachers in the study area. A validated researcher - developed instrument named Principal’s Application of Supervisory Principles Assessment Questionnaire (PASPAQ) was used as data collection instrument. The internal consistency reliability of the instrument was .888. Descriptive statistics of Mean, Standard deviation, and independent sample t – test were used as statistical tools for data analyses. The results of the analyses indicated that, principals’ application of supervisory principles significantly differ between public and private senior secondary schools, with Private schools having higher level of application in north – west zone. Based on this finding, it was concluded that, teachers’ effectiveness in private school is more than in public schools due to effective principals’ application of supervisory principles. Among the recommendations offered were that; public school principals should always encourage and enhance the professional growth of teachers through various activities that would improve their effectiveness in instructional delivery in the schools, as a means of bridging the disparity gap on teachers’ effectiveness between public and private senior secondary schools.

DOI : https://doie.org/10.10318/SER.2026878159