ABSTRACT Studies on English and specifically WAEC chief Examiner’s report on English Language performance annually show that the main English writing problem area of students in the second cycle institutions in Ghana relates to students violation of English concord rules. Concord rules are taught at all levels of education in Ghana, but unfortunately, most senior high school students have challenges making their sentences concordant. This situation is not different from what the researcher...
ABSTRACT Student mothers play the roles of being mothers, workers and students simultaneously and these come with a lot of challenges as they pursue higher education. These challenges sometimes kill the innate desire for them to pursue education to the highest level. The primary purpose of this research work is to identify the challenges of student nursing mothers offering distance education at University of Education Winneba, Kumasi Campus. The study employed descriptive survey research des...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the types of communication in Nakpanduri Business Senior High schools. The study was guided by the following specific objectives: to investigate the types of communication used by management and staff of Nakpanduri Business Senior High School: and to examine perspectives of staff and management of Nakpanduri Business Senior High School on the effectiveness of their internal communication. The study was qualitative approach and 15(fifteen) man...
ABSTRACT The School Feeding Programme was meant to provide pupils in the public basic schools with one hot nutritious meal per day. The aims of the programme included reduction of hunger and malnutrition, increase school enrolment, attendance and retention among others. The study therefore sought to examine the role of school feeding programme in promoting quality of education at the basic level of education in the Bawku West District. Using 15 schools in the Bawku West District, the study ...
ABSTRACT Reading comprehension is very important in every academic work. However, learners find it difficult to read and understand what they read. The research was carried out to investigate into reading and comprehension difficulties of students of Brakwa Senior High Technical School. The research site of this study was Brakwa Senior High Technical School. The data collection tools that were used were; Observation, Interview and Pre-test and Post-test interventions respectively. 35 student...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the challenges in the induction of newly appointed teachers in public Junior High Schools in the Manso Nkwanta Circuit of the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Ghana. The objectives of the study were to find out the extent to which induction programmes are organised for teachers, determine the causes of ineffective induction practices\\\\\\\ and to ascertain the effects of effective induction programme on teaching and learning in public...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to unravel the mystery surrounding the errors committed by some JHS pupils in the Effijam-Sekyere District of the Ashanti region. It was necessary to find out why these errors: Tense, Spelling, Concord, Capitalization and Preposition errors which were identified were committed by pupils in most cases. This study adopted a qualitative approach in examining the grammatical errors in the written essays of 150 JHS pupils of three different schools in the d...
ABSTRACT This is a qualitative study that investigated the problems associated with the use of relative pronouns among SHS 1B students of Adanwomase Senior High School. The instruments used for data collection were questionnaire, observation and test. The researcher conducted a pre-test which enabled her to ascertain the level of the problem. Analysis of data from the study revealed that the use of inappropriate teaching techniques by English teachers, inadequate teaching and learning materi...
ABSTRACT Yam is one of the most important food commodities cultivated in Ghana. Nevertheless, majority of those yams go waste due to interrelated factors such as postharvest losses, deterioration, and weight loss in stored yams. The aim of the study was to process and package yam into strips to enhance its use and marketability to nonproducing countries just like Irish potato. Two cultivars of white yam (Discorea rotundata), were used for the study. They were processed into strips and packa...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine how the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has impacted on pupil’s academic performance, enrolment, attendance and retention of children in some basic schools in the New Juaben Municipality. Descriptive research design was used for the study. The study applied quantitative research approach. The study was conducted in the New Juaben Municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The target population includes Head teachers, teachers and pu...
ABSTRACT The safety of meat on the Ghanaian market, particularly those slaughtered locally, has been a source of concern over the years. Butchers slaughter animals on the bare ground and singe the fur with lorry tyres which is an unpleasant scene observed in James Town and other areas in Accra and its surrounding communities. The research design was mainly a mixture of both quantitative and qualitative descriptive study which covered a sample of 170 respondents. Multistage sampling was used ...
ABSTRACT Each election year and in almost every local and institutional elections, the issue of vote buying surfaces. Vote buying has almost become part of every election in Ghana. While the menace is on the increase, it is unclear whether votes bought translate into votes for the buyer or the buying party. This work sought to investigate whether the incentives given to voters affect voters’ decisions at the polls. It also looks at whether Ghanaians are conversant with the laws and legisla...
ABSTRACT Films are a form of entertainment that reflects everyday lives, which often accentuates on romance, humour, invectives and violent elements. The Kumawood films which is an Akan language movies are premised on these elements. Some scholars have argued that the Akan language movies are sub-standard and full of invectives and violence. This study therefore examines the delineations of invectives and violence in Kumawood movies using the qualitative approach and scrutinizes the elements...
ABSTRACT Journalism practice is experiencing several changes in its operations. Scholars have studied and attributed these changes to media convergence due to digitisation. However, in Ghana, media convergence studies are scant. This study, therefore, explores the practice of media convergence in Ghana using Kessben Media as a case study. It examines the model of newsroom convergence practised at Kessben Media; investigates the motivation for the practice of newsroom convergence at Kessben ...
ABSTRACT Widowhood cultural practices in Africa in general and Ghana in particular has been subjected to criticisms the world over to the extent of describing it as dehumanizing, torturous, cruel and outmoded, and for that matter calling for its abolishing. This study aimed at finding out the nature and the effects of widowhood rites as practised among selected Akan communities in the Akuapem-South municipality on the widows who go through those rites. The sub-themes that guided the study w...