PERSPECTIVES OF THE RETIRED ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS RELATED TO THE EXISTING PROBLEMS ON EDUCATION SUPERVISION IN TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

The main purpose of this research is to specify the existing problems on educational supervision in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus with views of the retired administrators and supervisors. This is a qualitative research in the phenomenology style. The participants of the research are four retired administrators and six retired supervisors who have worked within the Ministry of Education and Culture in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Standardized open-ended interview questions was conducted as the data collection tool. The questions asked in the interview have been prepared as a result of comprehensive literature review and views of specialists in educational administration and supervision. Interpretive analysis technique was used in analysis of data obtained in research. According to the research results, the positive effect expected from education supervision has not been obtained due to the present implementations in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and as a result of this supervision cannot provide the necessary contribution to the education-instruction process. In this research supervisors and administrators collectively indicated the necessity of urgent update in education and supervision system and the requirement of to multiple-supervision in the education supervision system. However, the study reached to the conclusion of discredit of supervisors and administrators towards the expected alteration.