Volume 14, 2025
Impact of School Supervision on Implementation of Educational Policies in Early Childhood Education in Lagos State
Solomon Taiwo, ADEBESIN, Akolade Olubunmi, LAPITE & Peter Gbenupo, IDOWU
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of supervisory activities on the implementation of early
childhood educational policies in government pre-primary schools in Amuwo-Odon local government area of
Lagos. A total number of one hundred (100) teachers/caregivers in pre-primary schools in Alimosho local
government area of Lagos State were selected as participants for this study. Meanwhile, simple random
sampling technique was adopted to select twenty pre-primary schools and ve (5) caregivers/teachers were
selected from each of the school randomly selected. In this study, questionnaire was adopted as research
instrument used for data generation. The questionnaire was a ten (10) structure questionnaire items rated on
responses options of Yes or No for rst research question and ve for research question two. The reliability
coefcient of the instrument was 0.94 and the data generated were analysed through simple percentage method
of analysis.It answered two research questions, The result of the study identied rigorous efforts put in place by
state supervisors and most importantly the supervisors from Amuwo-Odon Local Government Education
Authority (LGEA). The ndings also revealed gross inadequate supervision of schools in the riverine area.
Based on the ndings of this study recommendations were made.
Keywords
School supervision, Educational Policies, Implementation, Early Childhood Education
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