School inspection: Prospect and potential toward leadership growth.

Philip Kinjawan, Azlin Azlan (2022) School inspection: Prospect and potential toward leadership growth. Jurnal Pengurusan Dan Kepimpinan Pendidikan. ISSN 1511-4147

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Abstract

School inspection has become the primary regularity to actualize quality improvement. In Malaysia, the requirement towards overall quality improvement in schools has created a demand for greater quality assurance. This is to secure a dynamic monitoring mechanism in overseeing organizational efficiency as well as accountability in schools. The Malaysian School Inspectorate (Jemaah Nazir, hereafter) is responsible to safeguard a sustainable standard of quality education through the use of ‘Standards for Quality Education in Malaysia’ (SKPMg2, hereafter). With reference to leadership, inspection is valuable to review the status and position of the school to drive leaders towards academic and administrative improvements. This study examined views of school leaders on the current practices of school inspection in Malaysian schools. A convergence parallel research design of mixed-methods approach was utilized to address the research questions. Two groups of respondents were involved in the study consisting of school and instructional leaders as well as inspectors. Findings established that a majority of school and instructional leaders were convinced with the current conduct of school inspection where it has assisted schools to move forward towards the current paradigm shift. The conduct of school inspection using SKPMg2 as a monitoring reference was affirmatively well-received by leaders. This study has implications at the school leadership policy, training and development, administrative, as well as research level. It additionally demonstrated the need for urgent and specific actions to elevate leadership performance of instructional leaders in schools.

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