Teachers are the main body whom all the others have to depend on for the success of a school as they are the people who are in action. Even though the authorities order things to be carried out this way and that way, if teachers do not take that into consideration, it would be very difficult to accomplish the tasks. Teachers, similarly, can pretend and formally show that plans are implemented well and hence can keep the authorities happy for a long period of time, if necessary supervisory tas...

In modern days governments play a vital role in the development of education in the country. They have understood the importance of active participation in education to help their citizens boost their skills and knowledge in this competitive and challenging world. The important fact they keep in mind is that human capital development is the tool which has the highest fiscal rate. This means that educating people does not only develop skills, abilities, attitude and knowledge of people, but ha...

In the conventional and traditional approached to supervision controlling teachers was a major work of supervisors – who are not real supervisors, but can be named as snoopervisors. They are fault finding machines, whose main task is to find errors of teachers in the classroom and school. It gives pleasure to them when they come to know teachers blunders and human imperfection, ignoring their humanness. This happens because of the lack of close relationship between teachers and supervisors....

Maldives has excelled in its educational progress in the past thirty years. The development includes of providing opportunities to complete basic education in all the islands and providing necessary facilities for each child. Likewise, supervision in the education system has widened in the past couple of decade.

In the education system of Maldives, Ministry of Education plays the central role. For easier supervision the country is virtually divided into five zones including the capital as...