ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the headteachers instructional supervisory styles and job performance of Social Studies teachers in some Public Junior High Schools in Kassena-Nankana Municipality in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The study was grounded in Glickman, Gordon and Ross-Gordon‟s (1998) developmental supervisory theory. The study adopted the cross-sectional design. The population covered all headteachers in public Junior High Schools in KassenaNankana Munic...
ABSTRACT This study examined the records management practices of administrative staff at the Western Regional office of the Ghana Education Service. Among other things, it sought information on the availability, maintenance and utilization of records. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The site and the participants were selected through the purposive sampling technique. The study involved a sample of 16 participants which comprised 5 administrators, 2 secretaries, 8 hum...
ABSTRACT A descriptive survey was conducted to determine the school-related, teacher-related, and community-related factors that account for teacher performance in private junior high schools in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis. A purposive sampling technique was used to select high performing private junior high schools (n = 9) in the metropolis. Data for the study were based on responses from head teachers (n= 9) and teachers (n= 60) from the selected schools. The research instrument consi...
ABSTRACT Pregnancy among adolescents has become a major issue in Ghana with high prevalence in some regions in the country, including the Central Region. Using a 1:1 matched case-control study design, this study sought to find out the risk factors associated with pregnancy among adolescent girls in Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipality (KEEA) Municipality. A sample size of 400 was taken from the population of 7,667 female adolescents. Facility-based sampling was used to sample respondents...
ABSTRACT The study examined student’s perception of the student loan trust fund in the University of Cape Coast its benefits and challenges. The study adopted the descriptive survey design to describe students’ views about the Students loan trust fund (SLTF). The data gathered were from a sample size of 269 respondents from the University of Cape Coast using a questionnaire. The study adopted three sampling technique namely: convenience sampling technique, snowball sampling technique and...
ABSTRACT The scourge of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has almost overwhelmed mankind of late and given a lot of sleepless nights to almost everybody. For over thirty years after the first case was diagnosed, scientists have not been able to find an antidote to help halt its spread. This dissertation sought to examine the attitudes of students of second cycle institutions towards HIV and AIDS prevention. The research work was carried out in K...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to obtain information regarding factors associated with low female participation in university sports. The population of the study was made up of university sports ladies from University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, University of Cape Coast, University of Education, Winneba and University of Development Studies. Two hundred and fifty respondents were used for the study. Sports ladies from the mentioned five public unive...
ABSTRACT One of the important features of technical institute programmes is its orientation towards the world of work and with its curriculum emphasizing practical skill acquisition necessary for the job market. The main purpose of the study was to explore and describe the challenges confronting technical institutes in practical skills acquisition in the two public technical institutes in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Specifically, the researcher sought to; examine the conditions under whi...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of instructional technology on student comprehension and retention levels for traditional and non-traditional student populations. The subjects in this study consisted of two teacher colleges of education and three senior high school students who had been exposed to instructional technology during at least one of the courses taken at their secondary/postsecondary institution. The sample consisted of 90 males and 56 females. The s...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the stakeholders' perception on the effect of rumours on the management of Senior High Schools in the Cape Coast metropolis of the Central Region of Ghana. These stakeholders included Heads of Institutions, Assistant Heads/Tutors and students selected from ten different schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis. A descriptive survey method was adopted for the research. A questionnaire was developed by the researcher to solicit information from 10 Heads ofInstitutions...
ABSTRACT The study was to find out the challenges confronting women in educational administration in the country, particularly in the Greater Accra Region, where a sizeable number of them are found. It sought to investigate whether (i) female administrators in education are discriminated against, (ii) how they do manage their career and families and (iii) whether there are any effective support services provided for them to enhance their effectiveness, among others. The study was necessary d...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to appraise exercise prescription procedures by the keep fit instructors in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana. The descriptive survey design was used. One hundred and thirty participants volunteered for the study. The instrument for data collection (questionnaire) yielded an internal consistency of 0.76. Percentages and frequencies were used to analyze the research questions postulated. The results indicated that keep fit instructors in the Kumasi Metropo...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine how five personal and institutional factors influenced the way tutors in the Colleges of Education (CoE) in the Central Region (CR) integrate technology, specifically computers and their accessories, and the internet into the curriculum. This study also, investigated how tutors’ individual personal factors are related to and interact with each other in the context of the Colleges of Education. Questionnaire and structured interview guide w...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out how motivation of teachers relate to the satisfaction they have on their job. This was done by looking at the strategies that account for teachers likening of their Job and the teachers’ attitude towards motivational schemes. The study adopted a simple survey which was considered in collecting data to facilitate the testing of research questions raised in the study. The sample was drawn from two main Senior High Schools in the Tain Distric...
ABSTRACT The study was designed to investigate challenges that newly trained teachers face at their first stations in basic schools. Since the role of the teacher in human resource development is very valuable, anything that adversely affects his/her performance should not be left to chance. Purposive sampling technique was adopted in selecting both headteachers and the newly trained teachers for the study. All the eight educational circuits in the Awutu-Efutu-Senya District were covered. Q...