School Inspection: Standards and Their Realization in the Context of Secondary Schools in Woliso Town Administration, Oromia Regional Stat
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2021-08
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
AAU
Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to assess the Realization of School Inspection Standards
in the Context of Secondary Schools in Woliso Town Administration. The study adopted a
descriptive study design. The target population for this research was teachers, students, and
head of schools drawn from three secondary schools, namely: Woliso Secondary, Dejazmch
Geresu Secondary and Dejasmach Gesesu Preparatory schools. Inspectors and other
workers from the town administration education office including head of the office were also
involved. It was from this population that 152 respondents were sampled through purposive
and simple random sampling techniques. Both primary and secondary data were collected.
Primary data were collected using questionnaires, FGD and interview while secondary data
were obtained through reviewing reports available. The conclusions drawn from the study
were, first, the school standards were not sufficiently realized in all the three schools under
the study. Secondly, although it was far below the expectation, schools were said to be
benefitted from the practices of inspection. Thus, contribution for the effective classroom
teaching, school improvement, improvement in student learning, were some of the benefits
that acquired by the schools. Thirdly, multiple challenges were faced during the
implementation of inspection. Such challenges include: negative perception towards school
inspection, limited facilities, less attention given to standardize schools, lack of awareness
among teaching and non-teaching staff towards the practices of school inspection, lack of
supervision, inspectors’ lack of awareness and experience, high turnover of inspectors, and
financial constraints were the major challenges identified and considered as the bottleneck of
the practices of school inspection. Finally, the researcher recommends that if education
quality is to be improved, the realization of school standards required be given due attention.
Capacity building activities required to be undertaken to fill the skill gap of inspectors.
Inspection practices need to be communicated to key stakeholders.