Teacher’s Supervision and Academic Performance of Government Primary Schools in Kichwamba Sub County, Kabarole District, Uganda

The study focused on the role of teachers ‘supervision (instructional supervision and supervisory activities) on academic performance of learners in selected government primary schools in Kichwamba Sub county, Kabarole district. The study adopted a cross-sectional, quantitative and survey design. The targeted population were 380 people from where a sample of 191 were selected using both simple random and purposive random sampling technique to select those to participate in the study and they included learners, teachers and Head-teachers from 4 selected primary schools in Kichwamba sub county, Kabarole district. Results revealed that there was strong positive relationship between instructional supervision, supervision activities and academic performance of learners in primary school as shown by the correlation coefficients (r=) of 0.968 and 0.975 respectively which were statistically significant since the p value (0.000) is less than 0.01. Based on the study findings, the researcher concludes that teachers should use instructional materials and integrate them in teaching learning process to enable learners under better and perform well. The government should supply school scholastic materials to primary schools, appoint more teachers and increase their pay as this enhances job efficiency and effectiveness.