ABSTRACT This research dealt with health and safety issues in construction industry in the Akuapem North Municipality in eastern region. The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of health and safety practices on construction site. To understand this concept, background of the study and the stated problems of the study were dealt with. This emphasized that health and safety issues have always been a major problem and concern in the Ghanaian construction industries. Efforts have been ...
ABSTRACT The study looked to investigate the effects of social media on literacy development among pupils in junior high schools. The study was aimed at finding pupils’ perception about the nature of literacy, identifying major social media network sites and their mass usage among pupils as well as the effects of social media and social networking sites on pupils’ language learning and literacy development within the context of sociocultural and social learning theories. To achieve the ...
ABSTRACT The study was concerned with supervision in public basic schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis. Data were collected using questionnaire and interview guide for head teachers, circuit supervisors, teachers and prefects in public basic schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis. The sample was made up of 125 teachers, 25 headteachers, 5 circuit supervisors and 45 prefects. Interview guide and the questionnaire were the instruments used for data collection. The instruments were pre-tested in 1...
ABSTRACT This research was designed to investigate the factors affecting efficacy of assessment centres in assessing children with special educational needs in Winneba, Hohoe and Accra centres. One of the major research questions that guided the study examined the material and logistics used in assessing children with special educational needs in the assessment centres. One hundred and twenty respondents sampled took part in the study. Structured questionnaires and interview guide were used t...
ABSTRACT The WAEC Chief Examiners’ Reports in Ghana have repeatedly lamented the weakness exhibited by most Chemistry students in IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds in the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination. This study was a step to determine the knowledge level of some Chemistry students in IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds. A cross-sectional survey was adopted to collect both quantitative and qualitative data. In all, 245 SHS4 Chemistry students selected from ...
ABSTRACT The present study investigated of factors contributing to the academic achievements of students in the Aboom Circuit of the Cape Coast Metropolis during 2015-2016 academic years. The study employed descriptive, crosssectional survey design, using questionnaires for data collection. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 350 JHS students and a census method was conducted on 30 teachers. The data was analysed and discussed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Th...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to investigate the educational background of Social Studies teachers and how it relates with pupils’ academic performance in Public Junior High Schools in Mfantseman Municipality. The study was carried out in all the 103 Public Junior High Schools in the Municipality. The researcher’s main focus was on Social Studies teachers’ educational background and pupil’s academic performance. A descriptive survey was used for the study. The sample for...
ABSTRACT The assessment practices of tutors affect the performance of their students. There are different categories of tutors teaching in the nursing schools and this may affect their way of student assessment. This study was conducted to examine the assessment practices of tutors in the nurses’ training schools in the Western and Central regions of Ghana. The study sought to find the knowledge of tutors in assessment, the effect of tutor academic qualification and the number of years of t...
ABSTRACT The study was intended to find out whether the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) was a better alternative to the manual system in the process of selection of qualified students in the Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. A sample size of 306 was selected from a population of 994.Stratified and simple random sampling procedures were employed to select the subjects in the study sample. Respondents to the questionnaire and interview w...
ABSTRACT Participation of students in technical programmes has been on the decline since the inception of the Sunyani Polytechnic in 1991. Enrolment in technical subjects was very high when it was a Technical Institute. The study which was a descriptive survey sought to investigate factors responsible for the low participation of students in technical subjects. It also looked for conditions that will encourage higher participation levels. The study focused on factors affecting enrolment of st...
ABSTRACT This study sought to find out the factors influencing students’ attendance and performance in Ayeduase, Kotei, Deduako, Emena and its environs in the Kumasi Metropolis. A descriptive research design was used. Purposive sampling technique was employed in the selecting of the class six pupils and Head Teachers from each sampled school for the study. However, the random sampling technique was used in selecting teachers from each of the sampled schools. The data was obtained through qu...
ABSTRACT Teachers in the classroom portray varying degrees of expectation levels in terms of students’ achievement. The way that a teacher feels toward the ability of a student can greatly impact the academic growth of that student. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between teachers’ expectations and students’ achievement in junior high schools in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region of Ghana. The study was a correlational one. The unit of analysis...
ABSTRACT History as an academic discipline in the curriculum provides valuable information and perspectives embedded within a powerful analytical model, which can be especially useful in an inconsistent and rapidly changing world. Although History plays an important role in the schools’ curriculum, it is seen as the least patronized subjects among the Arts in recent times. This study sought to find out the declining popularity of History as a subject in senior high schools in the Central Re...
ABSTRACT The Financial Administration of Heads of Senior High Schools is an issue that needs critical examination. The study aims at investigating the extent to which effective Financial Administration goes on in the schools. It is hoped that the findings of the study will guide some heads of Senior High Schools who find it difficult to carry out effective financial administration of their schools. The study was carried out in eight schools The sample for study was made up of 104 respondents ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to find out the process of recruitment of teaching staff and the factors that militate against the recruitment and retention of this category of staff in Tamale Polytechnic. The research design considered most appropriate for this study is the descriptive design. This is because it gives an opportunity to the researcher to get the opinion of the population concerning some issues of interest and relevance to the study. A sample size of 28 was used from a t...