ABSTRACT The study examined morphosyntatic structure of WhatsApp chats in Prampram Senior High School with concentration on selected classes and students in the school. The research was conducted qualitatively through questionnaire, WhatsApp chats and students’ compositions from class workbooks. The data collected were screenshots of students’ WhatsApp chats and exercises which were analyzed textually and thematically. The study was basically anchored on the structure of WhatsApp language...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of operational risk management in selected banks in Ghana (UT Bank Ltd, SG Ghana Ltd, Agriculture Development Bank Ltd and Cal Bank Ltd). The study sought to find out how effective Ghanaian Banks are managing operational risk since its inception in Ghana about a decade ago. The data was collected by the use of questioners and interview guide which help to analyzed and present results in percentage and frequency tables. The stud...
ABSTRACT Adolescence is a period of transition characterised by risk taking behaviours, including sexual behaviour, which may have implications on the health of the adolescent. The study examined sexual behaviour among Senior High School students in the Cape Coast Metropolis. The data were obtained from a cross-sectional survey. Through the multi-stage sampling method, 400 students were selected from three Senior High Schools whose ages ranged from 10-19 years. Chi-square, binary logistic reg...
ABSTRACT Since the inauguration of the Fourth Republic on 7 January 1993, the NDC and NPP have dominated the electoral space. The thesis seeks to explain the motivational basis of political party activism in the Wa Central and Lawra-Nandom constituencies between 1992 and 2008. The research findings were obtained by the application of mixed methods. The study argues that some Ghanaians signed up for the membership of political parties, and became party activists, because of the selective and m...
ABSTRACT Obstetric fistula(OF) was eradicated in developed countries through improved access to Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care (CEmOC) and services but the condition is still prevalent in developing countries such as Ghana due to inadequate access to CEmOC and poor access to health facilities mostly in remote areas. This study sought to explore the socio-economic effects of OF on its sufferers in the Central Region of Ghana. The study adopted qualitative research approach and case stu...
ABSTRACT The study examined the view of people including the girl-child, parents and teachers on the enrolment and retention of the girl-child on school at the basic level, in GaWest Municipality. It considered the socio- economic characteristics of the girl-child that affect her education and other factors that motivates or de- motivates the girlchild to study in school. Qualitative research approach was employed, utilizing phenomenological design. Samples were drawn from the Amasaman circui...
ABSTRACT Supervision has become indispensable for it is an impetus enabling headmasters to maintaining order and sanity in schools particularly in senior high secondary schools. It has therefore become needful that in era where people would always want their way despite law and order, proper supervision has become appropriate to help sustain discipline. This makes it clear that, supervision cannot be underrated because it is a major constituent in any good leadership in every school for which...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to investigate the religious and ethical implications of prostitution in Ghana. The purpose of the study was to examine why prostitution still persists in spite of condemnation by some religious groups. Six selected communities, where mining and industrial activities are done, comprising 53 respondents and interviewees (50 prostitutes and 3 religious leaders) were used and this was done using the purposive and snowball sampling techniques, in the selection of ...
ABSTRACT This study examined errors made in the adjective clauses by the students of St Peter‟s Catholic Basic School Ngleshie Amanfro. To achieve this, essays from 132 final year pupils were analyzed for different types of adjective clause errors. Interviews were also conducted to solicit information on trainees and teachers‟ view regarding adjective clause errors among students. The results are classified into two main categories: error types and causes of errors. The common errors comm...
ABSTRACT This thesis was a study into the politics of development under the leadership of Agbogbomefia Togbe Afede XIV of Ho-Asogli State. The study adopted the qualitative approach to collect data and interviews were conducted with informants. Secondary sources such as newspaper publications, brochures, books, journals, and articles and speeches were used to support the primary data. The research gave a brief background of the history, politics and the state of development in the Ho-Asogli s...
ABSTRACT The research work was steered to assess Customer Satisfaction of front desk operation in the tourism industry with particular reference to Modern City Hotel in the Tamale metropolis in the Northern Region of Ghana. Questionnaire and interview were data collection instruments used to solicit for data from one hundred and five customers and twenty – five employees of the hotel. The findings revealed that customers were much in higher expectation in assurance. Again, customers conside...
ABSTRACT This study investigated spelling errors committed by students of Lamboya Junior High School in the Bawku West District, who are learning English language (L2) as a core subject. The study examined written essays of 84 students who were in form three (3) and preparing for their Basic Education Certificate Examination. And so, the test instrument for the study was their mock exam. The rationale for using the form 3 students and the mock exam was that the students might have mastered to...
ABSTRACT This study examines how vehicle owners and drivers in and around Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana use their vehicle inscriptions to construct their identity. With interview and observation, data was collected from twenty inscriptions and analysed. Hecht et al’s communication theory of identity and Adamo Semiotics formed the theoretical framework of the study. Meanings of the inscriptions were also solicited from their authors through interviews. The study discovered that there...
ABSTRACT This thesis examines the development of architecture in Kumase from 1874 to 1960. In other words, the study focuses on the rebuilding of the built environment of Kumase from 1874 to 1960. Using qualitative evaluation of archival documents, interviews with Asante chiefs, owners of houses, heads of families, trustees of households etc., and some secondary sources of historical information, this work discusses the traditional architecture of Kumase and, how the British colonial governme...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the influence of study habit on academic performance of students in Mathematics in junior high schools in the Kumasi Metropolis. The study adopted descriptive survey research design where data were collected from Mathematics Teachers and Students in Weweso M/A JHS, Aprade JHS, Kentinkrono JHS and Emmanuel Methodist JHS, Anwomaso JHS. This through random sampling sampled 278 students and 10 Mathematics Teachers. The study designed two sets of questionnaire for d...