A Critical Analysis of Qaso’s Supervisory Practices on Teacher Effectiveness in Gatundu District of Kiambu County

Abstract

The Directorate of Quality Assurance and Standards is charged with the responsibility of ensuring quality education which entails monitoring of curriculum implementation in schools. The members of staff of the directorate are expected to visit schools regularly, conduct seminars and in-service courses for teachers among other activities.The researchers’ aim was to conduct a critique review of Quality Assurance and Standards Officers (QASO’s) supervisory practices on teachers’ effectiveness. It was noted that the funds allocated to the Directorate of Quality Assurance and Standards was not enough. Only a few schools were sampled for supervision especially due to poor academic performance or students’ unrests. QASOs lacked the necessary knowledge and skills among other shortcomings. The researchers concluded that Directorate of QASO needed to be strengthened to improve teachers’ effectiveness leading to improvement in students’ academic performance. This could be done through allocation of more funds, training among others.

Keywords:Directorate of Quality Assurance and Standards (DQAS), Quality Assurance and Standards Officers (QASOs), and teachers’ effectiveness.