TO INVESTIGATE THE ROLE OF EDUCATION MONITORING AUTHORITY (EMA) IN ACHIEVING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE OF SCHOOL AT SECONDARY LEVEL

Abstract

School monitoring is a process that entails testing and analysis of schools with a view of ensuring that the schools are efficient, in line with standards, and deliver quality education. This paper discusses how EMA affects the output of teachers, analyze EMA issues of enhancing the excellence of secondary schools, and research the extent that EMA intervention can improve school excellence, at a secondary school level. It was a quantitative study, and the cross-sectional survey design was taken with the foundation of a positivist philosophy of research and a deductive approach to the study. The population sample size is 1,967 people in four districts, namely, Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera and Swat. The data was gathered with the help of Questionnaires among the respondents that were Secondary School Teachers (SSTs), school Head, and District Monitoring Authority (DMA) staff.  The sample size of 322 respondents was used according to the calculator of the sample size by Raosoft. Stratified random sampling was also used by proportions to make sure that all districts had adequate representation. The research on Cronbachs Alpha was found to be reliable at 0.974. The results have found out that KPEMA has played a prominent role in academic discipline, attend ability of teachers, and enhanced classroom teaching. Nevertheless, some challenges were also noted such as the lack of resources, the inadequacy of training the monitoring staff and school staff resistance caused by increased scrutiny. The research also concludes that, KPEMA has influenced positively academic excellence, teacher performance, as well as infrastructure monitoring in secondary schools. However, its effectiveness is limited by resource constraints, coordination issues, and staff resistance. This study recommends that enhance funding and logistics, offer regular training, improve inter- agency coordination, engage stakeholders, and adopt digital monitoring tools for better efficiency.