The purpose of this study was to explore on the phenomenon of child streetism in the Tamale Metropolis and also to find policy opportunities to address the menace. The study focused on finding out the factors that promote child streetism in the Tamale metropolis, the challenges facing street children in the Tamale etropolis, the strategies adopted by the street children to cope with the challenges of street life and also examining policies put in place to address the phenomenon of child stree...
Background: Cybercrime refers to any crime or wrongdoing which is committed through the use of computer technology and internet to harm individuals and organizations. This crime cuts across all boarders and boundaries in the globe. It needs an inclusive approach by global cybersecurity organization and agencies to achieve success in the fight against cybercrime. This study aimed to assess cybercrime and its effects on students of vitting senior high school in the Tamale Metropolis of the Nort...
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of micro finance institutions on poverty alleviation in the Bawku Municipality. The aim of the literature review was to analyse critically the existing knowledge on the impact of micro finance institutions on poverty alleviation.Qualitative research method was used employed in the study. Case study design was used. Purposive sampling technique was used to select twelve (12) community members from twelve different households in the Bawku Muni...
This study assessed the influence of livelihood enhancement programmes on rural-urban migration in the Kijew, Dagbambia, Gbung and Libi communities in the East Gonja District in the Northern Region of Ghana. The descriptive and cross-sectional designs were adopted for the study. A representative sample size of 502 was selected out of the total population for the study. Semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The descriptive statistics was used to analyse the data, includin...
Academic freedom and autonomy have since mediaeval times been considered the hubs on which critical and independent thinking revolved. Men like Socrates, Copernicus, Galileo and Bertrand Russell suffered many indignities in defence of these ideals. Hiring and firing Vice-Chancellors always raise the issue of the freedom of universities to choose their teachers and operate within their ivory towers without any interference. . This work defines academic freedom and autonomy and carefully detail...
Zujung is located in the Tamale South Constituency and under the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly. It is located in the outskirts and southern part of the Metropolis and shares boundaries with Builpiela to the North-West and Lamashegu to the East. Recently, the incidence of early marriage has been very high in Ghana. The project therefore, was designed to explore the effects of child marriage on the young people and the Zujung community at large and finding ways to reducing the incidence of child...
This project employed an action research design focused on the pre-intervention, intervention and post intervention processes to empower 20 returnee migrants (Kayayei) in the Kubori community. Specifically, the project sought to identify the reasons for out migration and the challenges that the migrants faced, reorient the returnee migrants to identify potentials in the communities and to build their capacities in the communities on skill development, as well as measure the effect of the retu...
Advocacy in promoting women participation In decision making have become key in communities. The study was conducted qualitatively with the use of an Action Research design. The sample was selected through the purposive and convenient sampling methods. About 15 women were interviewed to ascertain their opinions on the promotion of women participation in decision making at the community level. The main objective of the study was to advocate for an improvement in women participation in decision...
Capacity building is an important activity in all aspects of professional life. It is also important in all organizations, both private and public, regardless of size or complexity since every organization needs to have well-trained employees who are prepared to perform their job. In university for development studies many people enter the work force each year and need training to help them perform to meet university goals or target. However the main challenge is that majority of the staff af...