Management of Secondary School Teachers in Enhancing Quality Education in Kwara State, Nigeria (Pengurusan Guru Sekolah Menengah dalam Meningkatkan Kualiti Pendidikan di Nigeria)

Abstract

An effective management within educational institutions could enhance the quality of education provided by the institution. This quantitative study determined the perceptions of secondary school principals on the importance of teacher competency, conducive learning environment, curriculum relevance, staff development, supervision and motivation towards the attainment of quality education. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 175 public secondary school principals from a population of 310 principals in Kwara State, Nigeria, who participated in the study. Data was collected using the Teacher Management and Quality Education Questionnaire (TMQEQ), and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that the principals agreed that teacher competency, conducive learning environment, curriculum relevance, staff development, supervision and motivation are important towards the attainment of quality education. The findings implicate that school administrators should continuously encourage and support teachers to acquire more training and additional qualification. In addition, government and school principals should constantly supervise teachers’ classroom activities in order to stimulate professional growth of teachers as well as put in place appropriate strategies to motivate teachers towards achieving quality education in the public senior secondary schools in Nigeria.

Keywords: management, secondary school, teacher, quality education, Nigeria

Pengurusan yang efektif dalam institusi-institusi pendidikan boleh meningkatkan kualiti pendidikan yang disediakan oleh institusi tersebut. Kajian kuantitatif ini menentukan persepsi guru besar sekolah menengah terhadap kepentingan kecekapan guru, persekitaran pembelajaran kondusif, kurikulum yang relevan, pembangunan, penyeliaan, dan motivasi staf ke arah mencapai kualiti pendidikan. Teknik pensampelan rawak berstrata digunakan untuk memilih 175 pengetua daripada populasi 310 pengetua di sekolah-sekolah menengah awam di Negeri Kwara, Nigeria, yang menjadi peserta kajian ini. Data telah dikumpul menggunakan Kaji Selidik Pengurusan dan Kualiti Pendidikan (TMQEQ) dan dianalisis dengan menggunakan statistic deskriptif. Dapatan menunjukkan bahawa guru-guru besar bersetuju bahawa kecekapan guru, persekitaran pembelajaran kondusif, kurikulum yang relevan, pembangunan, penyeliaan, dan motivasi staf adalah penting dalam mencapat pendidikan yang berkualiti. Penemuan ini mengimplikasikan bahawa pentadbir sekolah harus terus menggalakkan dan menyokong guru untuk memperoleh lebih banyak latihan dan kelayakan tambahan. Tambahan lagi, kerajaan dan pengetua sekolah harus sentiasa mengawasi aktiviti bilik darjah guru untuk merangsang pertumbuhan profesional guru serta meletakkan strategi yang sesuai untuk memotivasi guru ke arah mencapai pendidikan berkualiti di sekolah-sekolah menengah atas awam di Nigeria.

Kata kunci: pengurusan; sekolah menengah; guru; kualiti pendidikan; Nigeria