Impact of School Supervision on Implementation of Educational Policies in Early Childhood Education in Lagos State

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-Odofin 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 five (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 first research question and five for research question two. The reliability coefficient 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 identified rigorous efforts put in place by state supervisors and most importantly the supervisors from Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Education Authority (LGEA). The findings also revealed gross inadequate supervision of schools in the riverine area. Based on the findings of this study recommendations were made.Keywords: School supervision, Educational Policies, Implementation, Early Childhood Education