Accessibility Issues Facing School Supervision: A Study of Island Schools in the Krachi-East and Krachi-West Education Directorates, Ghana

Table 1.

Practices of externalsupervisors of schools in island communities

S/n

Items

Mean

Standard deviation

1.

Schools in island communities are not easily Accessible

4.8

0.4

2.

Supervisors are unable to visit island community schools as often as is required

4.6

0.5

3.

External supervisors encounter accommodation problems in island communities when they are on supervision duty.

4.7

0.5

4.

Canoes are not readily available for supervisors' visit to island schools

4.7

0.5

5.

Movement from one island school to the other is possible within a day for purposes of supervision

4.7

0.5

6.

Supervisors do not have access to personal life protective jackets for their visits to island schools

4.7

0.5

7.

Supervisors do not possess the skill of swimming

4.7

0.5

8.

Supervisors feel insecure on canoes trips for supervision of island schools

4.7

0.5

9.

Communication network is ineffective in island Communities

4.5

0.5

 

Total Average Mean Score

4.6

0.6