CONTRIBUTIONS OF WORLD VISION GHANA IN SUPPORT OF BASIC EDUCATION IN RURAL GHANA: A CASE STUDY OF THE TWIFO HEMANG LOWER DENKYIRA DISTRICT

ABSTRACT

This study was designed to fInd out the contributions of World Vision

Ghana (WVG) to the development of basic education in the Twifo Hemang-Lower

Denkyira District (THLDD) in the Central Region in Ghana.

The study involved a sample of 469, comprising 24 district education

officials, 10 DEOC members, 24 headteachers, 13 staff of WVG (Twifo ADP),

the head of education and capacity building - WVG, 48 child welfare service

officers (CWSO), 120 parents and 240 community members. The questionnaire,

interviews, focus group discussions and observation were the main instruments

employed to collect data for this descriptive survey. A return rate of 100% was

achieved for the questionnaires administered. The main methods used in

analyzing the data were frequency and percentage distributions.

The major fmdings were that WVG has to a large extent contributed to

improvement in teaching and learning, efficiency in school management and

increasing access and participation at the basic level of education in the district

through training, and the provision of school facilities. Another major fInding

from the study is that 60% of all the support given to pupils in basic education

goes to the girl child to encourage girl child education.

From the study, it is found that WVG has been successful in its efforts at

HlV/AIDS education at the basic education level through sensitization by the

various club formed by WVG and their positive activities. WVG has also

contributed to the moral development of the pupils in their various community-

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APA

QUAICOO, J (2021). CONTRIBUTIONS OF WORLD VISION GHANA IN SUPPORT OF BASIC EDUCATION IN RURAL GHANA: A CASE STUDY OF THE TWIFO HEMANG LOWER DENKYIRA DISTRICT. Afribary. Retrieved from https://tracking.afribary.com/works/contributions-of-world-vision-ghana-in-support-of-basic-education-in-rural-ghana-a-case-study-of-the-twifo-hemang-lower-denkyira-district

MLA 8th

QUAICOO, JOHN "CONTRIBUTIONS OF WORLD VISION GHANA IN SUPPORT OF BASIC EDUCATION IN RURAL GHANA: A CASE STUDY OF THE TWIFO HEMANG LOWER DENKYIRA DISTRICT" Afribary. Afribary, 02 Apr. 2021, https://tracking.afribary.com/works/contributions-of-world-vision-ghana-in-support-of-basic-education-in-rural-ghana-a-case-study-of-the-twifo-hemang-lower-denkyira-district. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.

MLA7

QUAICOO, JOHN . "CONTRIBUTIONS OF WORLD VISION GHANA IN SUPPORT OF BASIC EDUCATION IN RURAL GHANA: A CASE STUDY OF THE TWIFO HEMANG LOWER DENKYIRA DISTRICT". Afribary, Afribary, 02 Apr. 2021. Web. 10 Nov. 2024. < https://tracking.afribary.com/works/contributions-of-world-vision-ghana-in-support-of-basic-education-in-rural-ghana-a-case-study-of-the-twifo-hemang-lower-denkyira-district >.

Chicago

QUAICOO, JOHN . "CONTRIBUTIONS OF WORLD VISION GHANA IN SUPPORT OF BASIC EDUCATION IN RURAL GHANA: A CASE STUDY OF THE TWIFO HEMANG LOWER DENKYIRA DISTRICT" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 10, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/contributions-of-world-vision-ghana-in-support-of-basic-education-in-rural-ghana-a-case-study-of-the-twifo-hemang-lower-denkyira-district