PRINCIPALS ETHICAL SUPERVISORY PRACTICES AND STUDENT’SACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS STATE.

Abstract

The study examined principal’s ethical supervisory practices and student’s academic performance in public secondary schools in Rivers State.  Three research questions guided the study.  The design of the study was descriptive and correlation.  The population of the studyis 6,897 in the 311 pubic senior secondary schools in RiversState and sample is 378 teachers, selected using Taro Yamane statistics and multi-stage sampling techniques. The instrument for data collection was questionnairevalidated by the experts with a reliability coefficient of 0.83.  Mean scores and standard deviations were used to answer the research questions one and two while simple regression was used to answer research question 3.  The findings of the study revealed that principals do not adopt / implement ethical supervisory practices during supervision.  They are challenged of limited time, too manyworkloads, and lack of adequate knowledge of ethical supervisory practices among others.  Again, that there is a positive and moderate relationship between principals’ ethical supervisory practices and student’s academic performance.  Recommendations were made based on the findings among which are that the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Secondary Education Management Board (SEMB) to set regular checks, either mounting a special interventionsquared (team) on the principal’s supervisory practices and sanctions be meted on defaulters.