ABSTRACT The study is sought to improve the performance and interest of form two students’ of Chereponi senior high school in selected topics in biology using computer assisted instruction. The study was carried out in Chereponi in the northern region of Ghana. Action research design with mixed method approach was used in the study. A purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample of 198 students from the total population of form two biology students in the northern region....
ABSTRACT This study examined the issues emerging from the inclusive practices in three pilot Basic schools in Agona Swedru Township in the Central Region of Ghana. The study considered teacher collaborations with parents who had children with special educational needs and other specialist, teacher preparation and experience, availability of resources and equipment and the physical environment of the inclusive schools under study. The reliability co-efficient of the instruments used in this ...
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, understand,...
ABSTRACT This research tried undertake an assessment of corporate governance and financial accounting practices. The study dealt with the contributions of internal control to financial accounting practices, the effects of audit committee on financial accounting practices, and lastly the influence of internal auditors on financial accounting practices. Primary data was used during this research. Primary data was collected by administering questionnaire to Nestle Ghana limited. Responden...
ABSTRACT Academic democracy as a tenet of University governance In African universities has generated a lot of concern and debates in recent years. The issue of student involvement in decision-making has manifested in these concerns and debates especially in sub-Saharan African countries. The study was undertaken to find out the level of student involvement in decision-making in tertiary institutions and the benefits it has for both students and university authority. The study was to determin...
AB STRACT To address the problem of financial difficulties facing individual in accessing health care services, the government in 2001, initiated a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as a humane approach to financing health care in Ghana. To achieve the goal of the National Insurance Schemes, the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital started in 2002 to implement the policies of the NHIA. Four different questionnaires were designed for insu...
ABSTRACT The study uses Halliday's transitivity theory as a framework to analyse how language has been used by Kofi Awoonor and Adjoa Yeboah-Afari to reveal how the African experience is represented from the Ghanaian perspective in their respective stories Just to Buy Corn and The Sound of Pestles. The primary focus is on the analysis of transitivity in the selected stories and how the interplay between processes, participants and circumstances is used as representation of the author’s pe...
ABSTRACT This study, a descriptive survey, was undertaken to find out the perception of senior staff of the University of Education, Winneba on the usage of performance appraisal in the University. It also sought to find out the various ways in which Performance Appraisal affects workers motivation and work performance. It was to help university authorities evaluate the current appraisal system, review and address any challenges confronting it. Research questions were formulated to guide the ...
ABSTRACT The research aims at finding out the opinion of health and medical personnel in the Volta Region about the factors that contributed to the decline in HIV and AIDS prevalence rate in the region from 2006 to 2008. Three research questions were asked to guide the review of related literature on the above mentioned research topic. Simple random sampling was used to select 10 hospitals in the region for the study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 250 respondents, thus ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the perception of both teachers and students on the factors contributing to hearing impaired students’ poor academic performance in St. John’s Integrated Senior High/Technical School for the Deaf, Navrongo, Ghana. The descriptive survey research design was adopted and purposive and convenience sampling techniques used to select a sample size of 92 for the study. A self-structured questionnaire and semi-structured interview guides were used for data colle...
ABSTRACT The 1987 education reforms gave prominence to the establishment of community–based senior secondary schols in Ghana, and the Sefewi Wiawso District had its share of the institutions which were sited in the Asawinso and Akontombra localities. However, the common trend country wide is that, these schools are generally known to be facing difficulties in various forms that have adversely affected their performance capacity, growth and development, Anumuah–Mensah, Sarkodie, Kedem (200...
ABSTRACT The study examined gender differences in the academic performance of Financial Accounting students in selected senior high schools in the Central Region of Ghana. Descriptive survey design was employed to carry out the study. The simple random sampling and census techniques were used to select 331 students and 137 teachers of Financial Accounting respectively. Questionnaires were the instrument used in collecting the data. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics (means, st...
ABSTRACT This research assessed how small scale sawmills wood waste disposal affect the environment in Kumasi metropolis. The study was conducted at selected local timber mills in Kumasi in the Ashanti region of Ghana. The study was a descriptive social survey design which sought to portray an accurate profile of persons, events and situations. To harness the needed information, a triangulation method comprising of questionnaire, interview and observation/photography methods were employe...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the role of religious bodies in the development of education in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Descriptive survey design was employed for the study. The sample for the study was made up of Regional Director of Education; Municipal/District Directors of Education, Unit Managers of Mission Schools and Heads of Religious Bodies in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Questionnaire was developed to solicit for information from the respondents. The questionnaire was pilot tes...
ABSTRACT Availability of water is steadily decreasing at the same time as demand for water exceeds supply in the Sekondi -Takoradi Metropolitan as the population continues to rise due to commercial production of oil, existence of Harbour and expansion of other business in the region. This project seeks to assess the impact of Sofokrom and Esipon quarry on Anankwari River and its implication on the people within the catchment area, in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan. Simple random sampling...