Supervision of Teacher’s Punctuality and Students’ Attendance in Senior High Schools: Exploring the Views of Students

Abstract

Teachers’ attendance to classes has been identified as a factor that plays a major role in students’ attendance in school. The objectives for the study were; to establish student attendance pattern in selected SHS, find out the extent to which teachers’ attendance is checked and to establish the relationship between teachers’ punctuality and regularity and students attendance pattern.  A descriptive survey method was used to collect data from 200 students using an 18-item questionnaire.  The findings showed that most students attend classes every day. It also indicated that supervision had positive effect on teachers’ attendance which in tend influence students’ attendance. It is recommended that supervision should be intensified to ensure students regularity and attendance in schools which can lead to improved academic achievement in Senior High Schools in Ghana

Keywords: Attendance, supervision, Teachers, Ghana, Students