They include teaching standards; curriculum organisation and implementation; supervision of staff; teaching and learning infrastructure. In teacher performance appraisal and development (TPAD), they are evaluated on pedagogy, particularly preparation and use of schemes of work, lesson plans and notes, and maintenance of learners’ progress and assessment records. Because heads and other teachers have targets to achieve, and report on at the end of every term, absenteeism has considerably reduced. Heads have become more rigorous in supervision because their targets cannot be met without teachers first delivering on their own. Although it is still early to tell, some heads of institutions are convinced performance contracting and appraisal is the reason for their improvement in examinations.

Source: Daily Nation April 24, 2017 18:45 UTC