UTILIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS FOR ENHANCING SCHOOLS’ SUPERVISION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examined the utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) applications for enhancing school supervision in public secondary schools in Anambra State, Nigeria. The purpose of the study was to determine the extent to which selected AI-driven applications—Teachmint, ClassDojo, and GoGuardian—influence the effectiveness of school supervision among teachers and principals in public secondary schools. Three research questions and three corresponding hypotheses guided the study. A descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population of the study comprised 7,248 teachers and 269 principals, giving a total of 7,517 participants across the six education zones in Anambra State. The sample comprised 700 respondents. Data were collected using a researcher-designed questionnaire titled Utilization of Artificial Intelligence Applications on School Supervision Questionnaire (UAIASSQ), which was validated by experts in educational foundations and measurement. Reliability was established using Cronbach’s alpha, yielding coefficients of 0.80, 0.79, and 0.81 for the respective clusters, with an aggregate reliability index of 0.80, indicating high internal consistency of the instrument. Data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions, while the null hypotheses were tested at the 0.05 level of significance using the t-test statistic. The findings indicated that AI applications—Teachmint, ClassDojo, and GoGuardian—significantly enhance school supervision by improving communication, monitoring, evaluation, and feedback processes, with principals and teachers expressing comparable perceptions of their effectiveness. The study concluded that the integration of AI applications in public secondary schools significantly enhances supervisory effectiveness, fosters data-driven decision-making, and supports transparent, efficient, and systematic management of students and instructional activities. The study recommended that educational authorities and school administrators strategically adopt AI applications such as Teachmint, ClassDojo, and GoGuardian to enhance real-time supervision, streamline communication, and strengthen accountability in public secondary schools.