ABSTRACT Reading is one of the basic skills that a child has to master during their first school years to be able to assimilate new knowledge and skills in future. The aim of the study was to explore factors that contribute to reading difficulties among primary five learners and the challenges faced by teachers in teaching them how to read. The sample comprised sixty (60) participants drawn from the Salvation Army Primary School in Apam. The study employed the qualitative research design base...
ABSTRACT The study explored the academic performance of students from broken and intact home in senior high schools in the Nkoranza South Municipality of the Bono-East Region of Ghana. The study was guided by the Family Deficit Model, Social Exchange Theory and the Theory of Social Network Paradigm. The study was a mixed method which was guided by the Sequential Explanatory Mixed Method design. It was underpinned by the pragmatic paradigm. Multi-phase sampling and Census techniques were u...
ABSTRACT The practice of not giving breast milk to baby has been connected with unexpected infant death syndrome and other neonatal morbidity and mortality. Mothers who breastfeed their babies have several benefits such as decreased risk of postpartum bleeding and others. In addressing this problem, maternal knowledge and perception towards exclusive breastfeeding was assessed. The objective of this study was to assess maternal perception, knowledge, attitude and practices of exclus...
ABSTRACT The study investigated stress management practices among teachers at Garu-Tempane district of the Upper East Region of Ghana. The objectives of the study were to find out major causes of stress, coping strategies and measures to manage stress among teachers. Three research questions were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive survey design was used for the study. The accessible population was basic schools teachers. Purposive sampling technique was used to select six public s...
ABSTRACT The concept of microfinance has become an important poverty alleviating tool in many parts of the world. This study was therefore conducted to assess the role of microfinance in poverty alleviation among women in Ablekumah South Sub – metro in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Four research questions were formulated to guide the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to obtain a sample size of fifteen women for the study. Data was collected through interviewing participant...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to assess the influence of heads leadership behaviours on teachers’ instructional practices. Descriptive survey design was used in the study with aim of finding out whether leadership behaviours have influence on instructional practices. The target population was teachers of senior high schools in Bantama sub-metro in the Kumasi metropolis. A sample of 96 Participants was used for the study. Purposive technique was used to select three schools w...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at assessing service quality delivery and students’ satisfaction in Higher Institutions. The study was a quantitative research which adopted the descriptive survey. In all, 400 students comprising of 221 B.Ed. management students and 179 B.Ed. Accounting students were selected using the multi-stage sampling technique. Data was collected on a 5-point likert scale questionnaire ranging from Not AT all (1) to a Very high extent (5). Both descriptive (mean and standard...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find out the channels through which counterfeit and sub-standard drugs end up in Ghana and the implications it has on the country. In addition, the study sought to investigate on the procedures used to dispose of counterfeit, expired and sub-standard drug s. This has led to stringent action been taken by the Food and Drugs Authority to individual who are being caught handling these pharmaceutical products (counterfeit and sub-standard drugs).The study involved sam...
ABSTRACT To date education continues to remain the most important tool to measure the level of development of a country. However, the achievement of institutional goals cannot be done by the school manager alone. There should be active collaboration between the school manager and teachers. This is because they are the most important human resource in every institution This study examined human relation practices among basic school administrators in some selected basic schools in the Upper D...
ABSTRACT This research was aimed at discovering pronunciation errors Chinese EFL learners commit. To do this, a qualitative study was conducted on the pronunciation errors of 10 undergraduate freshmen of Jianghan University. The data collected and used for the analysis comprised those gathered through interview, reading exercise, and observation. Errors related to segmental and suprasegmental features were identified. They include consonantal and vowel errors in addition to stress, intonati...
ABSTRACT This research work looked into the influences of L1 (Akan and Ewe) on L2 in students’ communication in English, the effects of the influences and the possible solutions to these influences in Presbyterian Senior High School, Akim Begoro. It discussed related works on the topic. The qualitative approach was used and the design adopted was case study. Observation, interview and written test were the instruments employed to collect the data from a purposive sampled participants. The s...
ABSTRACT Organisational crises have become synonymous with the financial sector in Ghana in recent times, notably from 2012. Owing to many reasons, the Bank of Ghana merged Royal Bank, uniBank, Sovereign Bank, Beige Bank and Construction Bank into the Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG) in 2018. There appears to be paucity on issues of internal communication from the perspectives of sense-making theory and situational crisis communication theory within the social constructivist perspective. The s...
ABSTRACT The Worst Forms of Child Labour is regarded as one of the most serious problems of human rights violations in the contemporary world. This study was conducted in three cocoa farming communities in the Amenfi West District namely Koduakrom, Wasenma Camp and Mmrakrom. The study aimed at exploring the phenomenon of Worst Forms of Child Labour (WFCL) in cocoa production. The objectives of the study were, to identify the nature of WFCL in cocoa farms, identify factors that push children...
ABSTRACT Internal auditing plays a significant role in the management of most modern organizations. In the public sector of Ghana, internal auditing is meant to drive greater efficiency and help in the delivery of public services. Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have Internal Audit Units (IAU) as independent appraisal functions to examine and evaluate their financial and operational activities. Despite the potential roles of IAUs in MMDAs, the 2013 Auditor General repo...
ABSTRACT The Judicial Service as the third arm of government is the body mandated by law to dispense justice in the country to ensure that peace, tranquillity and stability prevail for socio-economic development of the country. However, productivity or efficiency on the part of Staffs is ordinarily low in the various courts in the Central Region, because, the Judicial Service of Ghana lacks the needed technological or Management Information Systems to propel efficiency in delivery of justice ...