ABSTRACT This thesis explored the peace process in the Alavanyo-Nkonya area. The main objectives were to examine the nature of the peace process in the Alavanyo-Nkonya area; the actors in the peace process; the conditions militating against the peace process and the measures that are needed to achieve a positive peace in the AlavanyoNkonya conflict area. The thesis employed Saunders’ (1999) Public Peace Process and multi-track diplomacy approach as a theoretical framework to understand how ...
ABSTRACT Environmental Sanitation is fundamental to health, survival, growth and development. Having a healthy school environment sets a school on track for development. Asamankese Senior High School is currently experiencing poor environmental sanitation. The main objective of the study is to examine the attitudes of students and staff of Asamankese Senior High School towards Environmental sanitation. The study adopted the descriptive sample survey. The main instruments used for gathering th...
ABSTRACT This study examined whether the traditional courts have adequate mechanisms that promote and protect human rights in the course of settling disputes. This situation offers an avenue for the study of the traditional arbitration systems and human rights promotion and protection. As a result, this work undertook a study of the situation in the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council, Kyebi in the Eastern Region. The study set out to find out whether in the exercise of power and authority duri...
ABSTRACT This study focused on females in political leadership positions. The purpose was to examine the experiences of females in political leadership positions in the Sunyani West District. This study adopted qualitative approach. A total of 14 participants were selected using purposive sampling. The data were collected using interviews. Thematic analysis was used for the data analysis. The results showed that females in political leadership positions perceive leadership in three different ...
ABSTRACT The role and contribution of women in modern organisations have been phenomenal. However, societal norms and other patriarchal values continue to stifle the progress of women leaders. The overall purpose of the study was to examine the challenges and coping strategies of women in leadership in the Senior High Schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis. The study adopted non-numerical data and used purely qualitative research approach. Phenomenological design was used to support the study f...
ABSTRACT Senior high school has become the minimum formal educational level to enter into the job market in many countries in the world. As such, countries that have attained a high National Attendance Ratio (NAR) for primary school also have or are working at an equally high NAR for SHS. This effort to attain a high NAR for SHS seems to be thwarted by successful B.E.C.E graduates in rural Ghana’s inability to make the transition from JHS to SHS. To some in rural Ghana, school is presumed t...
ABSTRACT The study aims to research on the domestic solid waste management practices in Senya, in the Awutu Senya West district. The underlying factors affecting domestic solid waste practices in Senya was analyzed with suggested measures to tackle such problems. The survey research design was used for the study by the researcher. The study was concerned with findings on societal issues, problems or phenomena with some suggestions and recommendations aimed at improving, halting or curbing or ...
ABSTRACT The study sought to provide empirical evidence about teacher quality and the effective teaching of Social Studies. The thesis used questionnaires and observation guide to examine teacher quality and the effective teaching of senior high school Social Studies in Kumasi Metropolis. Simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample size of one hundred and fifty-nine teachers to respond to the questionnaire and thirty teachers were selected for the observation. A-59 item quest...
ABSTRACT Mental health self-help groups play an important role in the rehabilitation of people with mental illness in the wake of WHO advocacy for a paradigm shift in the treatment of mental health. This is a qualitative study on the role of self-help groups in mental health rehabilitation in Ga-Mashie, an urban poor community which has been a recipient of the mental health self-help model by BasicNeeds. Data was collected through 4 focus group discussions and 2 in-depth interviews with membe...
ABSTRACT Takoradi Market Circle is currently experiencing poor environmental sanitation. Open spaces and gutters around the market place are littered with garbage, which in most cases clogs drains thereby creating conditions for disease vectors and posing health risks to traders. The main objective of the study was to assess the sanitation practices of traders in the Takoradi Market Circle. The convenient sampling technique was used to select 90 respondents to whom questionnaire were administ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of married women concerning male dominance in Mozano. The study sought to ascertain the ways married men dominate their wives in the Mozano community, explore the factors responsible for male dominance in the Mozano community and to assess the effects of male dominance on married women. The researcher adopted phenomenological design with qualitative approach using interviews and Focus Group discussions to get data for the study...
ABSTRACT This thesis investigated students’ perception of sex education in senior high schools in Biakoye District in the Volta Region of Ghana. The study sought to unearth students’ perception of the sex education in senior high schools. The study reviewed theoretical and empirical studies on sex education. The goal of the study was to address the knowledge gap in the literature by contributing to an understanding of the need to enhance teaching of sex education in senior high schools. D...
It is commonly believed that women are the typical victims of domestic violence, and that most perpetrators are men. To varying degrees, this view has shaped different stances on and responses to domestic violence as a social problem, in areas ranging from government policy to feminist groups campaigns. However in the world today, this focus on women as the victims of domestic violence has become minimal paving way to the attention of male victimization, especially in Ghana. Domestic violence...
ABSTRACT The interest of the researcher is to examine the effects of violent intra-lineage chieftaincy conflict on family relationships, the provision of social services, and ultimately, the livelihood of people in the Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Area. The researcher used a qualitative approach and narrative design to collect data from a sample of 25 respondents from Aboduam, Attaboka, Boinzan, Bosomoiso-Afereɛ and Wiawso. The researcher used semi-structured interview guide for the primary data...
ABSTRACT This study scrutinizes the prevalence of alcohol use among migrants and non-migrants and examines whether age, sex, education, occupation, religion, locality and marital status predict alcohol consumption behaviours. Migrants groups include those from all the ten (10) regions of Ghana who have, at the time of the study settled in the three localities. Multinomial regression was estimated using the second round of data collected by the 2011 Urban Health and Poverty Project wave two (E...