The Roles Cluster Supervisors in Improving Primary Education Curriculum in Arada Sub City of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The primary purpose of the study was to assess and explore the roles of cluster supervision in improving primary education curriculum. For that reason the researcher investigate benefits teachers gained from cluster supervisory practices:professional preparation of cluster supervisors; role of supervisory, principals, regional curriculum officers and parents in curriculum improvement and challenges of cluster supervisions. To conduct the study explanatory sequential design was employed by using muliti-sampling techniques to select the sample wereda, cluster centers, teachers and principals. Based on the finding from the survey,an interview was also conducted to enrich the quantitative data. Consequently, the main findings emerged from this study were: benefits teachers gained from cluster supervisors practice was insignificant; cluster supervisors and principals are ineffective in creating favorable situations for teachers to get in-service education; school visits by cluster supervisors and principals were irregular. Finally its recommended to arrange short term refresher training and discussion forums; participate in decision-making process related to curriculum at all stages and the cluster supervisors should coordinate different groups of implementation and improvement of the curriculum