ABSTRACT This study was conducted to determine the relationship between motivational factors and performance of physical education teachers‟ that is the extent to which motivational factors such as opportunities for promotion, provision of incentives, and professional growth would influence the performance of physical education teachers in the Somanya Zone. A quantitative research approach was used for the study. The research techniques used were the descriptive method and the Pearson Prod...
ABSTRACT Over the years, the construction industry of Ghana has witnessed tremendous increase in the cost of building. Despite the clarion call by successive governments and civil society organisations to use indigenous materials, the patronage still remains a challenge. This study sought to investigate into the use of indigenous materials for buildings construction and its inherent challenges using Denkyembour DistrictAkwatia as the case study. The target population involves contractors, emp...
ABSTRACT The study identified the factors affecting teaching and learning of Visual Arts in the Komenda Edina Eguafo-Abrem Municipality so as to understand those factors and propose recommendation for improvement. Three Senior High Schools were selected for the study the municipality. The study employed qualitative paradigm with descriptive design. A sample size of thirty (30) participants were used for the study comprising, eighteen (18) Visual Arts students, six (6) Visual Arts teachers, th...
ABSTRACT This research was designed to evaluate nutritional quality of meals served under the Ghana School Feeding programme in Wa and Cape Coast schools. It also investigated the safety aspect of the meals. A cross-sectional and descriptive survey research designs were used in the study. A purposive and simple random sampling techniques were employed in selecting 720 respondents for the study, comprising 600 pupils, 60 teachers and 60 kitchen staff. Information was obtained using questionnai...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine factors that affected implementation of Guidance and Counselling services in three of the Colleges in Ghana. This was necessitated since it appeared that Colleges were not effectively fulfilling their mandate in guiding and counselling students in the colleges in decision making. The study adopted an Action Research design with a sample size of 250 students selected from three colleges of education in the Eastern Region of Ghana using a simple ...
ABSTRACT The dual purposes of this study were to explore (1) the safety measures provided by the management of oil marketing companies and/or fuel stations managers and (2) relationship between these safety measures and safety practices of the fuel service station attendants. The study used a cross-sectional survey design in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. A total of 114 pump attendants from Allied Oil, Goil, Shell and Total Petroleum companies participated in the study. A researcher generat...
ABSTRACT The objective of the study was to find out adolescents knowledge and use of contraceptives in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis. Three hundred adolescent male and female students were randomly selected from three senior high schools in the Metropolis to constitute the sample for the study. The instrument that was used to collect data was a questionnaire. Frequency distribution and percentages were used to summarise the data. The findings from the study indicated that adolescents have m...
ABSTRACT School administrations are often confronted with the problem of cutting back financial assistance of some academic departments of their institutions due to consistent budgetary constraints. Often: the tendency has been to make music departments their first point of call. Ironically, these headmasters acknowledge the fact that music plays a vital rAle in their schools. Music education, in various forms, has been on the curricular of secondcycle schools in Ghana since the introduction ...
ABSTRACT Although there is equal access to education for all, at all the level of education in Ghana, there is still low female enrolment in the higher levels Ghanaian teacher-training institutions. In order to increase the number of females in these institutions, the Teacher Education Division of the Ghana Education Service introduced the access course. However, there is no information on how tutors and students of the Northern Training Colleges perceive this access course. The objective of ...
ABSTRACT Health and safety performance of construction sites is of great importance to many construction companies because of the social and economic implications of accidents. Many construction companies have safety culture that has positive impact on safety outcomes. Strengthening the safety culture of construction firms will go a long way to improve safety performance of construction sites. The aim of the study was to assess construction sites worker’s unsafe behaviour and safety outcome...
ABSTRACT Despite the efforts made by various governments in Ghana to expand and improve the quality of education at various stages of our educational institution, there are still a whole lot of students who are not able to make the required grades to enable them further their education at the Senior High School after their Basic Education Certificate Examination. (B.E.C.E). Islamic schools in the Tamale metropolis are among the schools in Ghana that have enjoyed the provision of educational i...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the contribution of World Vision, Ghana (WVG) in provision of quality basic education in the Bongo District. The study sought to identify the extent to which WVG has contributed to infrastructural development, textbooks and other teaching/learning materials staffing, in-service training and support for Girl-Child Education and needy school children. The descriptive survey method was adopted with a sample size of 310. The questionnaire was the main instrument us...
Abstract The study adopts the idea of music acculturation through fieldwork to consciously document the elements of the Abele music of the Yeji people of the Brong-Ahafo Region and fusing it with the Western compositional techniques to create a relatively atonal programmed music of the African and more especially the Yeji tradition. The study was conducted among the people of Yeji traditional area in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana. It adopted creative ethnomusicology principles and the syncr...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to find out the factors affecting female enrolment in basic schools in the Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District .Using the District as the case study. A total of 150 parents, 100 teachers and 150 dropout girls formed the accessible population. Within a period of two months, the researcher and his two assistants interviewed all the 400 respondents. Data collected were analysed manually and electronically by using descriptive statistical tools such as s...
ABSTRACT The control of materials on construction sites is handled by planning and purchasing departments, site supervisors and engineers as well as contractor’s organization and this have been posing various problems to contractors in realizing reasonable profit margin. The main purpose of the study was to assess material management of construction companies in Cape Coast Metropolis. This study assessed the current practices of managing materials on building projects, the problems associat...