ABSTRACT With the reduction in the number of years spent at the basic school level from the previous ten years to nine years it has often been argued that the short faIl of one academic year represents a very significant loss of instructional time. The perceived loss and how to offset this is the focus of the study. The study was based on research questions on lesson planning and its usage, supervision In schools as weIl as interferences and interruptions during instructional time. A review ...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to find out the indicators of teacher effectiveness practices which affect students’ performance in rural and urban areas of the Keta district. The variables considered as elements of effective teaching included teacher quality, attitude to work, social traits of teachers, availability of resources, parental support to students and teacher competency. A total of 160 teachers and 320 students together with 32 headteachers were randomly selected from 32 schoo...
ABSTRACT Educational policies made in Ghana have always had quality as their hallmark. Even though quality has been the main aims of many reforms and policies, the desired quality has not yet been achieved. In this study, an attempt was made to establish the many reasons why private basic schools were doing considerably better than public counterparts. The descriptive research design was used in this study. The stratified and simple random samplings were use in selecting the sample. In all ...
ABSTRACT All over the world. particularly in Ghana. the percentage of women 111 administrative positions is lower than that of men. Out of the 38 Training colleges In Ghana. at the time of study. there were 8 female administrators who were Principals and a few Vice-Principals. Heads of Departments and Senior Housemistress. The study was conducted in 9 Teacher Training Colleges in five regions namely in the Ashanti. Central. Greater Accra. Voila. and Western of Ghana. The focus was to examine...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the staff welfare services in the Central Administration of the University of Cape Coast. The descriptive survey research design was chosen for the study in order to observe, describe and document aspects of a situation as it were. The stratified and purposive sampling techniques were used to select the sample. The sample for the study was made up of 55 senior members, 70 senior staff and 250 junior staff. The instrument used for the study wa...
ABSTRACT The study examined the challenges and prospects of the UEW distance education programme. The design for the study was a descriptive survey whereby data were collected to answer the research questions. The sample for the study was 381 comprising 168 diploma students, 201 post-diploma students, 9 tutors/lecturers and 3 study centre coordinators. The stratified random sampling techniques were used in selecting the sample. Questionnaire was the main instrument used for the collection o...
ABSTRACT This study was about teacher participation in decision-making. It was conducted in the Shama Ahanta East Metropolis. In all, 152 respondents, comprising 143 teachers and 9 heads of schools from 15 schools were employed in the study. Questionnaire and interview schedule were the main instruments used for data collection. The questionnaire was used to obtain responses from the teachers while the heads of institutions were interviewed by use of interview schedule. The data were analyse...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to investigate the level of job satisfaction among senior staff of the University of Education, Winneba, and find out ways to promote their job satisfaction in the university. The research design used for the study was descriptive survey. A total sample of 155 senior staff was selected for the study. Simple random technique, using the lottery method was used to select the respondents from each campus. The instrument used for gathering data was the questionna...
ABSTRACT Considering the fact that teacher turnover rate is very high in the country, this study sought to find out the factors that influence the recruitment and retention of basic school teachers in the Akatsi District ofGhana. Purposive and stratified sampling techniques were employed to select subjects for the study. A questionnaire which was the main instrument was used to collect the data. A documented data which indicated the turnover rates of male and female teachers from 1998/99 to ...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the quality in education of private senior high schools in the East Akim municipality of Ghana. The research design used for the study was descriptive survey. A total sample of 207 including 9 headmasters, 98 teaching staff and 100 prefects, was selected for the study. All the 9 school heads and 100 students were purposively selected. The simple random sampling technique was used to select the teachers. The instrument used for gathering data was questionnaire. The...
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 quest...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the challenges and coping strategies of student workers without study leave with pay in the University of Cape Coast. A set of questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. In all, 84 studentworkers were sampled through the use of the snowball sampling method to serve as respondents for the study. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse the data on the demographic profile and all the research questions formulated for the study. Frequencies, me...
ABSTRACT The main purpose was to find out the availability, adequacy and state of learning resources in the Junior High Schools (JHSs) in the Mfantseman Municipality in the Central Region of Ghana. It further wanted to find out how heads as well as teachers manage these available learning resources. In all 202 teachers and 70 headteachers were involved in the study. The headteachers were requested to answer 50 items whilst the teachers had 49 items. The entire respondents answered closed-end...
ABSTRACT The study investigated perceptions and experiences of administrators and students on human rights and freedoms in the University of Cape Coast (UCC). The research questions provided a framework for this study while the Cultural Reproduction and Structural Violence theory offered useful theoretical frames for understanding social justice and human rights in higher education in Ghana. The study adopted a qualitative research design, using the case study approach to examine, understan...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out the problems women administrators face as they perform work-home roles. The study investigated the nature of the conflict and gender roles that conflict with their participation in educational administration. The study also tried to identify the support the female administrators get from their family members as they perform their dual responsibilities and how to manage work-home conflict. The study employed the descriptive survey design. The...