The study on Academic Supervision in Secondary Schools highlights the crucial role of principals and supervisors in ensuring quality education. While India has witnessed a massive expansion in school education, the challenge of maintaining quality remains. Academic supervision is identified as a key factor directly linked to students’ achievement and teachers’ professional growth. The paper explores the meaning, scope, and significance of academic supervision, emphasizing practices such as classroom observation, lesson plan monitoring, providing feedback, and maintaining discipline. An empirical survey of ten effective secondary schools in Baroda city reveals that supervisory practices vary widely, but essential strategies include taking rounds of schools, checking lesson plans, observing teaching, and guiding teachers. The findings underline the need for a structured model of academic supervision and specialized training programmes for supervisors. The study concludes that effective supervision, when oriented towards instructional improvement rather than inspection, can significantly enhance the teaching-learning process and contribute to quality education in secondary schools.