Strategic planning and quality of instruction : a case of selected public secondary schools in Juba county, South Sudan

Abstract

This research was conducted to assess the relationship between the dependent variable (DV) that include (Strategic Planning Status Quo, SWOT Analysis and Strategic Plan Implementation) and Independent Variable (IV) these include (teachers’ Pedagogical Knowledge and teachers’ Content Knowledge) in selected government high schools in Juba County, South Sudan. The main objective of the study is to investigate any potential connection that existed within strategic plan and quality of Instruction. The researcher used a correlation in his research design method to measure the linkage between school strategic plan and quality of instruction in government high senior schools in Juba. He used a blended research design method in order to collect relevant respondents’ views to investigate certain burning issues and improve people’ social situations. He also used stratified sampling technique in order to place respondents into strata as per the school category (academic and technical schools). He chose a simple random method to select the subjects and applied descriptive statistics to analyze quantitative data, employing Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) to facilitate understanding the connection between the two variables. According to the research findings, the association between Strategic Plan (SQSP), Quality of Instruction (QOI) and was due to the following reasons: 1) achievement of organizational goals, objectives and values resulted to positive impact on Quality of Instruction, 2) by encouraging learners and making them feel the ownership of the school strategic plan, and 3) great improvement in the quality of instruction through implementation.