ABSTRACT Before the introduction of conventional midwifery, Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) or indigenous midwives were the only maternal healthcare providers. With the introduction of conventional midwifery came the introduction of policies to scrutinize the practices of TBAs. These policies depicted efforts to ban TBAs and eradicate the reliance of pregnant women on TBAs. No research has explored policies affecting TBAs and how they affected their status as the original providers of mat...
ABSTRACT A lot of individuals are joining credit unions because of its advantages over the formal banking sector and other microfinance institutions. This study primarily sought to identify and examine the corporate governance systems and financial performance of the University of Ghana (UG) credit union. More specifically to identify the corporate governance systems in place, examine the risk management structures, and examine the financial performance of the credit union over the last decad...
ABSTRACT The quality of an educational system in Ghana highly depends on effective teaching and learning strategies adopted by teachers and students. Ghana cannot develop without adequate and sound educational performance through effective teaching and learning. This study sought to explore the teaching styles of history teachers and ascertain whether they match with students’ learning styles in Senior High Schools (SHS) in the Kumasi Metropolis. The study utilized the cross-sectional...
ABSTRACT The study explored quality education in public basic schools. A descriptive mixed research design using sequential explanatory strategy was employed to investigate all aspects and facts about quality education in public basic school level. The target population for this study was all heads and teachers in public basic schools in the Sekyere Kumawu District. Twenty-two (22) public basic schools in the study area were selected with a sample size of one hundred and eighty-seven...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to explore the perceived impact of the head teachers’ leadership style on the performance of public basic schools in the Sene West District of the Brong Ahafo Region. The objectives of the study were to find out the leadership styles of head teachers in public basic schools in the Sene West District, ascertain the perceived impact of leadership style of head teachers on teachers’ commitment and to determine the perceived effect of the leadership sty...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted in the Ashanti Mampong Municipality. It investigated discrimination against women and/or abuse of women in churches through doctrines and practices by mainline (orthodox) and non-orthodox (Pentecostal and African indigenous) churches. This was a mixed-method sequential explanatory design which employed the phenomenological approach. Hundred (100) respondents comprising the clergy and laity were sampled via simple random, and proportional stratified sampling ...
ABSTRACT The survival of every educational institution largely depends on its effects to supervise activities in the school to ensure efficiency in administration. The study was motivated by the desire to explore factors that influence effective supervision in junior high schools and to identify strategies that could help to manage the challenges. It points out the fact that supervision was targeted at providing assistance to teachers and also meeting quality demand in education. The a...
ABSTRACT Evidence submits that journalists and other media workers are faced with threats and brutalities due to the nature of their job. The problem is recurring due to the impunity of crimes against journalists. This study seeks to ascertain whether this assertion is true in the Ghanaian context using Multimedia Group Ltd as a case study. The study aimed at investigating the types of acts of physical insecurity journalists at Multimedia often experience, the perpetrators of the acts, su...
ABSTRACT This study seeks to highlight the various kinds of gender issues portrayed in the telenovela Saraswatichandra and the reception of these issues among viewers in Accra using qualitative content analysis. The purposive sampling technique was used to select 30 respondents. Data was collected using document analysis, interviews and focused group discussions and anchored on the gender theory as well as social constructionism theory. It probes further on how the viewership reception eithe...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to identify factors that are responsible for the academic performance of pupils in Abirem R/C Junior High School at Abirem in Kwabre- East Municipal. Based on this, a descriptive survey design was used to study 150 respondents comprising of 60 pupils, 30 teachers and 60 parents selected through systematic sampling technique. Separate questionnaires were designed for each category of respondents to collect data pertaining to factors influencing aca...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the various food habits of expectant mothers, the factors that influence the formation of food habits and the impact on the mothers and the babies in Mampong Municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Simple random sampling was used to select seven health centers in the municipality. A total of 100 randomly selected expectant mothers served as the subjects for the study. The major instrument used was questionnaire while observation schedule served as supplement...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of management practices of head teachers in Junior High Schools in the Ahafo-Ano North Municipality of Ashanti Region. The objectives of the study were to find out the management practices of head teachers, identify challenges head teachers face in the management of the school and to find out ways to improve head teachers management practices in Junior High Schools in the AhafoAno North Municipality. Descriptive research d...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the leadership behaviours of school heads of public and private junior high school head teachers in Tafo Sub Metro in Kumasi Metropolis and its impact of the students academic performance. The sample for the study consisted of 120 teachers comprising of 60 from public schools and 60 from private schools, together with 9 public school head masters and other 9 private school head masters. Questionnaire in the form of likert format ranging...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess teachers‟ perception on the role of extrinsic motivation on their performance in private basic schools in the Adentan Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The study was guided by three (3)objectives which were to identify the administrative factors that motivate teacher‟s performance in the Adentan Municipal Assembly, to identify students‟ factors that motivate teacher‟s performance in the Adentan Municipal Ass...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is primarily to assess the impact of classroom management on teaching and learning in Ghanaian basic schools. The study employed quantitative research approach as well as case study strategy in investigating the problem. Through random sampling, ninety (90) teachers were selected for the study. The research used questionnaire consisting of closed ended likert scale items to collect data. SPSS was used to analyse the data collected and presented using ...