ABSTRACT This study examined the question of women’s participation in local governance in the Builsa North District. The main objective of the study was to examine the views of community members on the extent to which women participate in local governance in the Builsa North District. A survey design was applied in the study. Questionnaire, Key Informant Interviews guides and Focus Group Discussions guides were the main tool and methods used to collect empirical data respectively. Data anal...
ABSTRACT Technologies can improve educational delivery in schools. This study examined the role of ICT tools in lessons in thirty (30) public basic schools in the Tamale Metropolis. Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) Theory anchored the study. The study as a mixed method, adopted cross-sectional design. Simple random, cluster and purposive sampling were used to select a sample size of 398 to participate in the study. Questionnaires were used for the quantitative data and semi-structured interview...
ABSTRACT Bushfire serves as a natural instrument for generating re-growth and new life enabling fire dependent species to survive, maintain biodiversity and habitat structure. This study examined the nature of the prevalent socio-cultural practices inducing the incidence of bushfires and the effectiveness of the preventive measures put in place to curb it in the Sissala East District. Multiple methods were employed in the study including interview schedules, personal and focus group intervie...
ABSTRACT This thesis is an investigation into the structures and process of Ghana’s dam displacement and resettlement project in improving the livelihoods of displaced people. It is premised on the fact that displacement and resettlement failures are largely as a result of poor governance structures and processes that inhibit displaced people who are the primary beneficiaries of the resettlement process from making inputs and authentically participating in the process. The study is a singl...
ABSTRACT Recently, the shea nut/butter has emerged as a promising economic commodity and has gained international recognition because of its curative properties. It is the potential of the industry that has informed this research. The study basically sought to find out the performance of the shea industry, prospects and challenges in the midst of Government intervention in the industry, the opportunities for further developing the shea tree as a cultivar, appraise the opportunities and poten...
Abstract For majority of people in rural areas, traditional bone setting is the first port of call as well as last resort if orthodox medicine fails. However, traditional bone setting has not been given its due recognition. For instance it is ignored in reports on the state of Ghanaian medicine. Also, some allopathic practitioners contend that traditional bonesetters do try and error and thus are without skills. This study examined the role of traditional bone setting in primary health care ...
ABSTRACT Thisresearch was carried out to assess the impact of teacher training and development programs on students’ performance in five schools in the Sunyani West District in the BrongAhafo Region of Ghana. The sample size for the study was 60 participants representing 12.12% of the target population.The necessary data were obtained from primary and secondary sources. Primary data were generated from questionnaires and interview while secondary data were obtained from textbooks, articles...
Gender is an issue of social and interpersonal relationships between males and females, a problem of differences in roles and values, and inequalities in opportunities, access to resources and power. These relationships, differences and inequalities are located in social and institutional structures and practices, but they are also firmly rooted in language. Language is a locus for the manifestation of gender because language and its usage convey not only factually objective meanings bu...
All societies tell stories. Story telling can take many forms like myths, histories, films and many others. Storytelling can be seen to serve many different social functions from entertainment to cultural, social or religious instructions. These stories are consumed by people of different backgrounds like, race, sex, age and class. Cinema, television and the related media fascinate their audiences in a variety of ways, but entertainment is what most people want when they pay for leisure ...
ABSTRACT Biographical works are essential ingredients in historical writing and interpretation. They essentially interrogate how a person’s life reflects the larger process during the person’s lifetime. Biographies of many prominent Ghanaians such as Kwame Nkrumah, K.A. Busia, J.B. Danquah, Kwegyir Aggrey, among others have been given tremendous attention in academic circles in Ghana. Various aspects of the lives of these people who played significant roles in the country’s history and ...
Abstract This thesis is a visual analysis of the representations of women in the works of Adjo Kisser and Serge Attukwey Clottey both contemporary Ghanaian artists. Drawing primarily on Edmund Feldman‘s (1971) models for art criticism, the study investigates Kisser‘s drawings within the context of feminist humour with attention to the agency of creativity, play, and notions of artistic license. Clottey‘s charcoal drawings demonstrate some unique approaches to and perspectives on techn...
ABSTRACT This paper is a study of the possible impact of gender in the societal attitudes towards rape, rape victims and perpetrators. Under the subject of Gender and Sexualities, this paper seeks to find new ways to eradicate the problem of rape by studying the impact of societal attitudes through gender and gender role stereotyping, and their influence on sex and sexuality. A study of a possible rape culture is also an examination of the deeply embedded power structures that create inequal...
ABSTRACT Traditionally, complementary childcare arrangements and practices in Sub Saharan Africa and specifically Ghana depend on the reliance on networks of support from the extended family. This kind of informal arrangement provided the needed support for the growth and social development of young children. The communality of childcare provision as expressed in sayings such as “it takes a whole village to raise a child” further emphasised the belief that apart from kin, other members o...
ABSTRACT From 1951 when Dr Kwame Nkrumah embarked on expansion of the education system in the then Gold Coast to the present, there have been several initiatives aimed at developing the education system. The most prominent are; the Accelerated Development Plans for Education (1951 and 1961), the New Structure and Content of Education Plan (1974), the New Educational Reform Programme (NERP) (1987), and the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (1996). These initiatives show that education ...
ABSTRACT This study attempts a detailed description and analysis of Yoruba agbe art-a verbal poetic song and art form that belongs to the Yoruba Oral literary genre.