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 ad...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the causes and effects of conflict and how it is managed within the Asunafo South District of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. The study adopted the descriptive survey design and employed the explanatory sequential mixed method approach. 100 members of the research population were selected from the four communities used in the study to respond to the research questionnaire and the interview to obtain data for the study. Purposive and simple r...
ABSTRACT The study was designed to investigate into the perception of University of Education, Winneba lecturers on the use of Student Evaluation of Lecturers as a feedback tool to enhance their instructional practices. A twenty-item Likert-scale type self-administered questionnaire was adopted from Machingambi and Wadesango (2011) and were distributed to 170 respondents drawn from a population of 416 lecturers of University of Education, Winneba. The data was analysed using descriptive stati...
ABSTRACT The study was designed to investigate into the perception of University of Education, Winneba lecturers on the use of Student Evaluation of Lecturers as a feedback tool to enhance their instructional practices. A twenty-item Likert-scale type self-administered questionnaire was adopted from Machingambi and Wadesango (2011) and were distributed to 170 respondents drawn from a population of 416 lecturers of University of Education, Winneba. The data was analysed using descriptive stati...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to investigate the leadership styles of head teachers and their influence on academic performance of some selected private schools in the AsawaseSub Metro in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Data were collected through questionnaires. A total of 200 basic school teachers, head teachers and pupils were used for the study. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics.The focus of the research was to assess the impact of the various leadership styles by head t...
ABSTRACT The study examined the roles of NGOs in poverty alleviation and education in the SefwiWiawso Municipality in the Western Region of Ghana. The work was guided by development theories notably modernization theory, dependency theory, community development theory, neo-liberalism and underpinned by three main philosophical components to wit; ontological, epistemological and methodological approaches. The exploratory mixed method design was employed for the study. Primary data were sourced...
ABSTRACT The study was to evaluate work-life balance of SHS female teachers. The purpose of the study was to investigate how SHS female teachers in the Kumasi metropolis manage their work-life balance in terms of attaining career progression. The design that was employed for the study was the descriptive survey design. The instrument used for the study was a survey questionnaire. These structured, closed-ended questionnaires were therefore administered to SHS female teachers in selected...
ABSTRACT This research explored the Perspectives of Senior High School Teachers in Sekyere South District of Ashanti Region on Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Programmes Organised for them. It was a qualitative research underpinned by interpretive philosophical thought which employed a case study approach to collect data using semi-structured questionnaire and semi-structured interview. In the first phase, Proportional Stratified Random Sampling technique was used to select 57 SHS ...
ABSTRACT Teacher motivation has become an important issue because teachers impart knowledge and skills into learners. This study investigated the influence of motivation on teachers‘ performances in the Public senior high/technical schools in the Bawku Municipality. Specifically, the study sought to find out whether motivation of teachers had any influence on their morale to perform and; the influence of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation on the performance of teachers. The study ad...
ABSTRACT The quality of an educational system in Ghana highly depends on effective teaching and learning strategies adopted by teachers and students. Ghana cannot develop without adequate and sound educational performance through effective teaching and learning. This study sought to explore the teaching styles of history teachers and ascertain whether they match with students’ learning styles in Senior High Schools (SHS) in the Kumasi Metropolis. The study utilized the cross-sectional...
ABSTRACT The study explored quality education in public basic schools. A descriptive mixed research design using sequential explanatory strategy was employed to investigate all aspects and facts about quality education in public basic school level. The target population for this study was all heads and teachers in public basic schools in the Sekyere Kumawu District. Twenty-two (22) public basic schools in the study area were selected with a sample size of one hundred and eighty-seven...
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 The purpose of the study was to examine the role of traditional leadership (chieftaincy) in educational development within the Asante Kingdom. The objectives were to examine the contributions of traditional leaders towards Education, assess the perception of their community members on Traditional Leadership role in the development of education, identify factors that impede traditional leaders‘ contributions towards education and examine traditional leadership styles and their...
ABSTRACT The study was designed to find out how basic school supervisors understand and practice their roles as instructional leaders and their knowledge and use of clinical supervision in supervising teachers. The design was a descriptive survey and data was collected using quantitative and qualitative methods. The sample comprised126 participants and 111 of them comprising 83 teachers, 22 headteachers and 5 circuit supervisors and 1 head of inspectorate returned their questionnaires. A fi...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the perception of student teachers on the nature of teaching practice they undertake and the nature of supervision they receive during practicum. The population of the study comprised final the year students of Offinso College of Education who had their teaching practice in the 2014/2015 academic year numbering 300 and all the tutors numbering 59.The sample for the study comprised 100(83%) student teachers and 30(51%) college tutors. The...