期刊名称：Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies
电子版ISSN：2141-6990
出版年度：2018
卷号：9
期号：4
页码：148-154
出版社：Scholarlink Resource Centre
摘要：The study investigated how inspectors‟ compliance with inspection principles influence students‟ academic performance in public secondary schools in Osun state, Nigeria. It specifically analysed the influence of inspectors‟ compliance with the principles of independence, impartiality, transparency and mutual respect on students‟ academic performance and for capacity building. The survey research design was used for the study. Six Local Government Areas (LGAs) were randomly selected out of the 31 LGAs in Osun state. From each LGA, four schools were randomly selected. In each school, 10 teachers who have spent at least five sessions in the senior school were purposively selected to give a total of 240 teachers. All the principals in the 24 selected schools were involved while 20 inspectors including the Zonal Inspectors (ZIEs) and Local Inspectors of Education (LIEs) were randomly selected from the Inspectorate Service of the Ministry of Education to give a total of 284 respondents for the study. Data for the study were gathered by means of survey questionnaire. Questions were asked on Inspectors‟ Compliance with the Inspection principles of Independence, Impartiality, Transparency and Mutual Respect. Data collected were analysed using regression analysis at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that the principle of mutual respect involving teachers commendation by inspectors for job well done (t=2.339, p<0.05); principle of transparency involving provision of feedback to teachers after classroom monitoring and evaluation of lesson (t=2.757, p<0.05); principle of independence involving allowing inspectors to work independently without interference by the principal and teachers (t=3.462, p<0.05); and principle of impartiality in which inspectors‟ maintenance of an objective stance and checking for evidence before evaluation (t=1.326, p<0.05) had positive and significant influence on students‟ academic performance in the selected schools; implying that these items of inspection principles are predictors of students‟ academic performance in public secondary schools. It was concluded that students‟ academic performance is enhanced when inspectors comply with the inspection principles in public secondary schools in Osun state, Nigeria.
关键词：students; performance; compliance; inspection principles and public schools
