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ABSTRACT

Falling standard of secondary education in Nigeria may not be unconnected with ineffective supervision and quality control. This underscores the purpose of this study to investigate educational supervision and quality control of secondary education in Imo State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The sample was 200 teachers drawn from a population of 410 teachers in secondary schools in the study area using simple random sampling technique. To achieve the purpose of the study, two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated. Data collection was carried out using an 11 item questionnaire. The instrument was subjected to face validity and reliability was determined using Cronbach Alpha method at the value of 0.89, this was considered adequate. The data collected were analyzed with mean and t-test statistic. Findings showed that effective supervision and quality control of secondary school teachers enhance their productivity. Also educational supervision and quality control of secondary school teachers based on gender and cadre do not differ significantly. Based on the findings, recommendations made include that there is need for synergy between government adequate provisions in secondary schools and regular training of teachers, among others.

KEYWORDS: Education, Supervision, Quality Control, Teachers’ Productivity, Effective Teaching, Secondary School