ABSTRACT The study investigated the perceptions of Senior High School girls in the New Juaben Municipality on legalisation of abortion in Ghana. Four research questions were posited to guide the descriptive survey design. A combination of purposive, stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select the sample size of 455 girls from the schools in the municipality. A selfconstructed questionnaire was used to collect data. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics ...
ABSTRACT The use of Information Communication Technology on construction activities has gained prominence in recent times due to the rise in innovative ways to execute task electronically which e-business is no exception. This study sought to examine the impact of e-business on performance of construction firms using Kumasi Metropolis as the case study. Purposive and stratified sampling techniques were adopted for selecting the sample size of 268 (employees and contractors) out of which 204 ...
ABSTRACT Supervision reports from Tarkwa-Nsuaem Education Directorate showed that pupils in basic schools in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality were not sufficiently numerate, literate, nor able to solve problems that children at their grade levels were expected to solve due to unsatisfactory performance of teachers. The situation had resulted from lack of facilities for teaching and learning, inadequate staff motivation, ineffective supervision, lack of stakeholder support and co-operation, and ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the enablers and constraints of Total Quality Management (TQM) implementation at the University of Cape Coast (UCC). Specifically, the study sought to find out the management structures that favour the implementation of TQM, how the quality culture and physical structures of UCC support effective implementation of TQM and the challenges that constrain the effective implementation of TQM in the University. A case study research design was used fo...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to compare the effects of using the local language (L1) and English (L2) on achievement in Mathematics at the lower Primary. The study, which was conducted in the Suhum Kraboa Coaltar District in the Eastern Region of Ghana adopted a quasi experimental design. Primary 3 pupils were used in the study. Convenient and purposive sampling techniques were used to select four primary schools for the sample. Two of the schools were selected from Suhum (urban town) an...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of study was to investigate junior high school pupils’ conception of linear inequalities in one variable in ‘Have’ Circuit of the Afadzato South District in the Volta Region of Ghana. Specifically, the study sought to examine pupils conceptions of linear inequalities, to identify the benefits pupils derived from understanding linear inequalities concepts in mathematics and to identify conceptual change in male and female pupils learning outcomes in linear ineq...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate the social system components of school climate that existed in high and low performing junior high Schools in the Ho Municipality and their relationship to students’ academic performance. A correlational research design research was used. Two sets of self-reporting questionnaires was used for teachers and headteachers with a reliability coefficient of .97 and .92 respectively. Data on student achievement were obtained by using as proxy the Basic Edu...
ABSTRACT This study looked at the study habits of University of Cape Coast Distance Education learners in the Cape Coast Study Centre in the Central Region of Ghana. Descriptive survey design was used to conduct the study. Stratified and simple random sampling procedures were used to select 338 Business and Education distance learners. A self-designed questionnaire, which consisted of 40 items, was used to collect data from the respondents. Data collected was analysed by the use of descriptiv...
ABSTRACT This study examined the perceptions of teachers and students of school farm interventions by an agricultural education NOD known as Development Assistance to School Farms (DASFA). The population for the study was students and teachers who have participated in school farm activities supported by DASFA. Students of the Agro-Youth Clubs at Cape Coast School for the Deaf and Jukwa Senior Secondary School and their teachers, patrons, and farm assistants were purposively sampled because of...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the how cost performance of local government projects can be improved from the perspectives of consultant and construction firms. The study adopted a quantitative research design involving the development of survey questionnaires. The specific objective of the study were to identify the factors that influence cost of completion of construction projects and challenges to effective management of project cost with a view to improving the cost ma...
ABSTRACT This study investigated chemistry topic difficulty perceived by SHS students and how the available textual materials and teachers help in addressing the difficulties. Five research questions guided the study. The study employed the descriptive survey design. The population comprised all SHS 3 chemistry students in eight schools selected from five administrative districts in Western Region. The sample size was 280 SHS 3 chemistry students and sixteen teachers. It was established that...
ABSTRACT Change is an endemic issue in construction project environments and often involves engineering innovation to solve problems. The aim of the study was to examine the change management involving in the physical infrastructure projects in the local government section in Ghana and to make appropriate recommendations based on the findings of the study in relation to physical infrastructure projects. The study adopted a quantitative approach of enquired through questionnaires. The target ...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at exploring in-school early adolescents’ awareness, knowledge and opinion on various sexual issues that account for their sexual development and behaviour which may result in contracting sexually transmitted infections, unintended pregnancies and very early childbearing. Adopting the descriptive research design, the researcher selected 400 students and 35 teachers as respondents from four basic schools in the New Juaben Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana u...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the quality of customer satisfaction in microfinance industry in Kumasi Metropolis, using Ramziah Credit Union as case study. The type of research design employed for this study is the case study method. Both primary and secondary data were useful for the research. Qualitative and quantitative research approaches were used for the study. The population for the study was three hundred and twenty (320) customers. These include selected Microfina...
ABSTRACT The study which used descriptive survey design was basically to assess parental support to the girl child education in Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region. A sample of 302 girls and their entire parents which formed 22% of the total population from 11 public schools in the Ntonso circuit were used for the study. The girls were randomly selected whereas their parents were purposively sampled. The instrument used for data collection was a set of questionnaires with an average reliabi...