Economic Meltdown and Administration of Instructional Supervision in State Colleges of Education in South East Nigeria

Abstract

This study focused on the impact of Economic Meltdown on the Administration of Instructional Supervision in State Colleges of Education in South East Nigeria. One research question and one null hypothesis guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for this study was seven hundred and five (705) administrative staff in State Colleges of Education in South East Nigeria. The sample for the study consisted of 255 respondents; which were made up of 129 male and 126 female administrative staff drawn through Taro Yamane Formular for finite sample. Structured questionnaire titled: Economic Meltdown and Administration of Instructional Supervision in State Colleges of Education in South East Nigeria Questionnaire (EMAISSCEQ) was developed by the researchers. The instrument was validated by three experts, two from Educational Administration and one from Measurement and both from Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. The reliability of the instrument yielded 0.84 reliability index, using Cronbach alpha procedure. Mean was used to answer the research questions while t-test statistic was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result revealed that economic meltdown impacted negatively on the instructional supervision in the State Colleges of Education in South East Nigeria while the hypotheses reveals that there is no significance difference in the mean rating of male and female administrative staff on the impact of economic meltdown on the instructional supervision in the State Colleges of Education in South East Nigeria. Based on these findings, it was recommended that administrators, government and stakeholders should conscientiously make adequate provision of instructional materials and teaching aids and ensure that teachers who are core curriculum implementers are adequately motivated, effectively supervised and properly rewarded to guarantee the effective attainment of educational goals and objectives in the sector.