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 study examines the approach used by teachers of Core English language to teach the core English language curriculum in Bompeh Senior High School, in the Western Region of Ghana. Specifically, the study focused on the academic qualifications teachers of the Core English language curriculum possessed, how topics were arranged in the syllabus, the method used by these teachers to teach, the teaching and learning materials they used during the teaching and learning process. A case st...
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...
iii ABSTRACT This study was designed to ascertain the challenges that the community day schools in the Keta Municipality of Ghana are faced with by their management teams. There were nine (9) SHSs in the Keta Municipality but attention was focused on only five (5) schools namely Anlo Afiadenyigba, Anlo Awomefia, Atiavi, Abor and Tsiame. Using the Keta Municipality as a case study, all the Headmasters with their assistants, Departmental Heads and the Board Chairmen amounting to forty (40) were...
ABSTRACT Competitions, misunderstandings and mistrust are likely to occur when people meet as a group which could ultimately result in conflict. Since in the school which is a miniature society, people meet as a group, conflict is likely to occur. In this regard, the researcher sought to examine the extent to which headmasters' management behaviours in conflict management contribute to or reduce conflict in Junior High Schools in Kwahu North District. The population for the study comprises te...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of GeoGebra software on senior high school students’ academic performance in Circle Theorems. The study also assessed the students’ attitudes towards the use of GeoGebra in teaching and learning of Circle Theorems. The study made use of simple random sampling (lottery method) and purposive sampling techniques select two Form 2 classes from two different schools within the Bono Region. The sample size for the study was 78 stud...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to compare the concept mapping approach which is based on constructivist theory to the traditional method of teaching biology in senior high schools. Two intact classes were randomly selected from five co-educational senior high schools offering elective biology in the New Juaben Municipality. The design used was the pretest post nonequivalent quasi design. The sample size was 105 students. The experimental group consisted of 51 students while the contro...
ABSTRACT The study was to find out the nurture experiences that influence JHS Students career aspirations, where students seek career information, the levels of students’ knowledge on career alternatives and measures students adopt to achieve their career aspirations in Berekum Municipality. The study covered a sample of 303 respondents randomly selected from students of five Junior High Schools in Berekum Municipality. Descriptive survey method was used for the research design. Questionnai...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find the perceptions tutors and students held about the Leadership Behaviours of Principals of Colleges of Education in the Central Region of Ghana. The design for the study was a descriptive survey whereby data were collected to answer the research questions. Tutors and students from the three colleges of education in the Central Region of Ghana constituted the population. In all, the sample size of the study stood at 407. Seventy-seven tutors were selected by us...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to ascertain the nature and challenges of supervision in the Ablekuma North Sub-Metropolis. The study population was 662 teachers, 46 head teachers and 5 circuit supervisors. Simple random, purposive and stratified sampling procedures were used to select 271 respondents comprising 220 teachers, 46 head teachers and five circuit supervisors. The researcher used questionnaires to collect data and the response rate was 92.3%. The data was analyzed using desc...
ABSTRACT The study was on supervision of instruction in Junior Secondary Schools in the Tema municipality, in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The purpose of the study was to find out the state of supervision of instruction in the Tema municipality, the type of supervision emphasized and which type teachers preferred. It was also to find out whether teachers were satisfied with the level of supervision in the municipality and the problems they encountered in their work and whether the super...
ABSTRACT The study examined the determination of student’s leaning behaviour of selected Public Senior High School in Cape Coast Metropolis of the Central Region of Ghana. A descriptive survey research design was adopted using sample of 320 students randomly selected from eight Senior High School in Cape Coat. A questionnaire was use to gather the date. The Cronbachs alpha coefficient for the reliability of the of the instrument was 0.823. Means, standard deviation and independent t-test we...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of work place environment on the performance of tutors of Tamale College of Education and the tutors of Bagabaga College of Education. The environment that people are required to work in can have a significant impact on their ability to undertake the tasks that they have been asked to do. Louise further stated that work environment could also have an impact on an individual's ability to work safely, competently and in compliance with operational per...
Abstract It is a lll1iversally acknowledged fact that education is a vital enterprise geared towards the acquisition of skills, values and knowledge. It is the key to the development of any nation, because it develops the human resource needeg for socio-economictransformation. Thus, every progressive and civilized society thrives on values such as diligence, tolerance, honesty? respect and consideration for others, courtesy, decorum, decency and love among others. These are some of the views ...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find out the causes of school dropout in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The researcher used descriptive survey as the research design and questionnaires were used as the data collection instrument. A total number of two hundred and forty (240) respondents were sampled for the study: One hundred (100) pupils, ninety (90) parents, thirty (30) dropouts and twenty (20) teachers. Parents and dropouts were selected on snowballing sampling tec...