• Charles Nkurunziza
• Dr. Andala, Hesbon Opiyo, PhD

The general purpose of the study was to find out the effect of head teachers’ instructional supervision practices on teachers’ competences in upper public secondary schools in Nyabihu district. To this end, the study sought To identify head teachers instructional supervision practices in upper public secondary school in Nyabihu district, To analyze teachers’ competences in upper public secondary schools that are due to instructional supervision practices in Nyabihu district. and to establish the relationship between instructional supervision practices and teachers’ competences. The study used mixed research design where convergent parallel mixed research design was adopted. The target population was 130 including 120 teachers and 10 head teachers. A sample of 92 teachers was selected using simple random sampling and head teachers were included in the study purposively. Questionnaire was used to collect data from teachers and semi structured interview was used to collect data from head teachers. Descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation were used to describe the practices of instructional and teachers’ professional practices and coefficient correlation was used to establish the relationship between instructional supervision practices and teachers’ competences. Thematic analysis was used for qualitative data. The findings were presented in tables and texts. The findings from data analysis revealed that there were less practices of instructional supervision, the overall mean scores of pre- observation conference (M=2.27,SD= 1.08) revealed that practices related to pre-observation conference were done rarely by head teachers, the overall mean scores of classroom observation(M=2.19,SD=1.15) revealed that practices related to classroom observation were done rarely by head teachers, and the overall mean scores( M=2.52,SD= 1.13) revealed that practices related to post-observation conference were done sometimes by head teachers. The findings from data analysis were also revealed that teachers’ competences were less done by teachers. It was revealed that there was positive significant relationship between instructional supervision practices and teachers’ competences. Considering the objectives and research questions of the study, the discussion of findings, it is evident that some practices related to supervision of instruction and professional practices were done adequately while others were not done adequately in upper public secondary schools in Nyabihu district . Also, the correlation coefficient revealed that practices related to instructional supervision significantly explain the teachers’ competences. It is recommended that policy makers should enhance the capacity of school leaders in order to improve instructional supervision practices. It is also recommended that educational officials should ensure the practices of instructional supervision at school level. Future researchers to carry out a similar research in other districts beyond Nyabihu district or even in private secondary schools to find out the effect of head teachers’ instructional supervision on teachers’ competences.

head teacher’s instructional supervision practices: teacher’s competences

"Effect of head teacher’s instructional supervision practices on teacher’s competences in upper secondary schools. a case of Nyabihu district, Rwanda", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no.j336-j344, April-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404944.pdf

"Effect of head teacher’s instructional supervision practices on teacher’s competences in upper secondary schools. a case of Nyabihu district, Rwanda", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no. ppj336-j344, April-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404944.pdf