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 The practice of reading and using food labelling information in purchasing pre-packaged food is very important. Unfortunately, in most communities in Ghana, people are not used to reading pre-packaged food labels. The study aimed at creating awareness of prepackaged food labelling among consumers. The objectives of the study were to determine awareness level of consumers of pre-packaged food labelling information; identify the effect of the food labelling information in purchas...
ABSTRACT Entrepreneurship education integration in TVET has been identified as the key to solving the unemployment among the youth in any nation. In this regard, the study was conducted to assess the integration of entrepreneurial skills in vocational education as a strategic approach for achieving youth employment in Ghana using Kumasi Metropolis as a case study. The descriptive survey method was employed in this study. A total of 50 respondents consisting of teaching and non-teaching ...
ABSTRACT In Ghana, plantain surpluses have to be exported, processed or go to waste. A reduction in moisture content potentially increases shelf life and hence prevents excessive post-harvest loss and that drying is an alternative to a developing country like Ghana where there is deterioration due to poor storage, weather conditions and processing facilities. To this effect this study investigated the use of ripe plantain in the preparation of ofam a typical local dish produced in Ghana. The...
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 was conducted within the Kassena-Nankana East Municipality. It assessed the sanitation and hygiene practices among bakers and bread sellers. The design for the study was a descriptive cross-sectional survey. Twenty (20) bakers and one hundred (100) bread sellers were sampled for the study via the simple random and convenient sampling techniques. Data was gathered using questionnaire (Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.76) and semi-structured observation guide. The data was analy...
ABSTRACT The poor hygiene and sanitary practices along the food production chain in the Kumasi Metropolis contribute to unacceptable level of meat and poultry contamination. This poses a health risk to consumers. To this effect, the aim of the study was to investigate into food hygiene, knowledge, attitudes and practices of meat and poultry vendors in the Kumasi central market. The study used a descriptive survey to investigate into food hygiene knowledge, attitudes and processes of mea...
ABSTRACT The risk of food getting contaminated depends largely on the health status of the food handlers, their personal hygiene, knowledge and practice of food hygiene. To this effect the aim of the study was to evaluate the hygienic knowledge and practices between urban and rural food vendors at lorry parks. The objectives of the study is to evaluate the hygienic knowledge level of food vendors at the lorry parks, assess the level of hygienic practices among food vendors at the lorry park...
ABSTRACT This research sought to assessing the benefits of student-centered instructional approach in teaching Home – Economics students with specific reference to three (3) public Senior High Schools in the Tamale Metropolis of the Ghana Education Service namely: Seventh-Day Adventist Senior High School, Ghana Senior High School and Kalpohini Senior High School as the target population. The entire research focused on the benefits of the student-centered instructional approach to eval...
ABSTRACT This research sought to identify Home Economics Teachers contribution in supporting students in Senior High Schools with specific reference to all the five (5) public / government Senior High Schools of the Ghana Education Service within the Ejisu –Juaben Municipality. The schools consisted of: Ejisuman Senior High School; Juaben Senior High School; Ejisu Senior High Technical School; Bonwire Senior High Technical School and Achinakrom Senior High School. The methodology for t...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the quality of customer satisfaction in Hotel Industry in Kumasi Metropolis. This study adopted the case study strategy. The researcher used quantitative research methods for the study. The population for the study was two hundred and seventy (270). The population of the study was made up of customers and hotel operators in the Kumasi Metropolis. Random sampling and purposive sampling methods were adopted to select a sample size of two hundred ...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the health and nutritional benefits of consuming brown rice and assessed the preparation of quick Jollof rice using varieties of brown rice. The study used Survey and Experimental research design. Two different samples were evaluated; quick jollof brown rice and uncooked packaged brown rice. The two samples were cooked and given to 10 panelists from the University of Education Winneba, Kumasi campus. Laboratory work was carried out in KNUST Bio-chemistry labo...
ABSTRACT Poor service quality has the potential of harming the service provider in the long term, if not instantly. This is because, the relationship between service quality and customer satisfaction is direct. This position is most crucial especially when the goal of a business is to attract and maintain a large customer base for its services. But most often than not, issues of service failure hinder the fulfilment of this organizational goal especially in the hospitality industry. For this...
ABSTRACT There is evidence that poverty and low educational standards expose staff to exploitation by employers and to some extent high levels of occupational hazards. With insecure employment, particularly in small enterprises, accidents are likely to go undetected. It is against this background that the researcher decided to research into this area. The specific objectives of the study were to establish whether there were policy guidelines relating to prevention of occupational accidents a...