Abstract:
It is important in educational administration to ascertain that educational activities are carried out in
accordance with the laid down educational goals and objectives. Hence, supervision, whether it is
internal or external should be seen as a conscious effort directed towards finding ways of improving
the outcome of each school or educational programme. The paper, therefore, focused on the concept of
supervision, the purpose of supervision, task areas of supervision among others. It also highlighted the
challenges of supervision in secondary schools such as teachers resisting supervision, funding, low
teacher’s morale and inadequate supervisory staff. Lastly, the paper suggested that Government
should ensure adequate financing of supervisory and inspectorate division, employment of qualified
supervisory staff, prompt payment of teacher’s salary among others
