Abstract
The need to meet up with the complexity of the education industry and the pressing need for quality education in Nigeria is an intricate task. This paper seeks to identify the basic training needs required by school inspectors and recommends how quality training for school inspectors can enhance Primary school effectiveness. The ex-post facto research design was adopted in the study and the population consisted of 565 School inspectors in the Delta State Central Senatorial District. The findings revealed that inspectors had strong desire to be trained in education law, school communication and school inspection. Recommendation among others in order to achieve the desired level of quality instruction and school effectiveness, the above major needs be incorporated in the training programmes for Primary School Inspectors.KEYWORDS: Quality, instruction, training need, inspection.
Highlights
One of the most enduring legacies parents and the country can pass on to its youth is education
The need to train school inspectors in school supervision: There was significance difference in the mean response of inspectors and headmasters on the need to train inspectors on school supervision, in agreement with Weis and Pasley (2003) who noted that inspectors need a vision of effective supervision to guide the design and implementation of their instructions
The need to train school inspectors in education law: The findings from the analysis of data showed a significant difference in the mean response of school inspectors and headmasters on the need to train inspectors on education law
Summary
One of the most enduring legacies parents and the country can pass on to its youth is education. In the same vein, Fagbamiye (1995) contended that if school inspections are to become tools for improvement of primary school processes for effective quality instruction, there should be a rethink of the way and manner their functions being carried out in accordance with the present educational trend. That is why Ahmed (1988) propounded that for inspectors’ to perform optimally there should be improved managerial skills (effective training) to inculcate effective communication and education law. This will remove mediocrity from the Primary School
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