ABSTRACT The study investigated barriers associated with female head teachers school management in the Techiman South Municipality of Brong Ahafo Region The objectives of the study were to determine common administrative responsibilities female head teachers perform. The study identifies skills and abilities head teachers possess to carry out the responsibilities and to investigate barriers that impede female head teachers management of basic schools. Three research questions were raised to d...
ABSTRACT This research investigated conflict among teachers and its management in Twene Amanfo senior high school in the Sunyani Metropolis. The target population for the study was made up of all teachers in the selected school that consisted of one hundred and eight (108). Based on the population, census sampling techniques was used. Out of this population, 80 teachers responded that represented 74.1%. The study was conducted using quantitative methods, executed through questionnaires. The s...
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 work is concerned with the divergent opinions on church government in the Anglican and Methodist Churches. At the 1999 Methodist Church Conference, at which there was a resolution to adopt the episcopal system of church government, the ‘laity’ admitted that they lacked adequate understanding about the systems of church government. Also, a claim that was made by the Methodist Church Ghana during and after the discussions to adopt episcopacy was that her episcopacy is more bib...
ABSTRACT This paper is hinged on the following propositions: that any inquiry into the problematic of Islam in contemporary Africa must engage, not only with how the past has shaped the present, but equally with how the latter would likely shape and, in turn, be -shaded by possibilities in the future; that contemporary challenges facing Islam in Africa nests, in the main, in the disconnect between Islam in the text and the fissures in the contexts of Muslim realities all over the world.
ABSTRACT The last decade or two has witnessed the rise in the setting up of private tertiary education in Ghana, most of which are set up in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. These private institutions are attached to their respective academic libraries which support the teaching, learning and research need of the institutions. Since these institutions are that of higher learning, it is imperative that their librarians develop high level of knowledge and skills in the major areas of scholarl...
ABSTRACT The work takes a cue from the conversation of Helen Moraleses
ABSTRACT The bases of costuming of most plays are inappropriate in Ghana because some directors are ignorant of what actually goes into costuming. In most instances, there are a lot of anachronisms where costumes do not march up with the period and occasion. Also lack of funding for productions, has made directors and designers handicapped, thereby making use of any available costume. For fear of being charged high prices, directors sometimes do away with capable costume designers, and leave ...
ABSTRACT There have been numerous cases of xenophobic violence on foreign nationals in recent years in South Africa. Grounded on this preposition, this dissertation examined the socio-economic effects of xenophobic violence on Ghanaian migrants in South Africa. Furthermore, an understanding of diplomatic relations and dynamics were explored between various countries and migration dynamics between nationals of the different countries. The research employed qualitative approach, using a snowbal...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the social support mechanisms(SSM) adopted by Royalhouse Chapel International (RCI) and Prison Ministry of Ghana (PMG) and how these interventions have facilitated ex-prisoners reintegration in Accra. The study was conducted on the premise that ex-prisoners were faced with myriad of challenges after their release that make it difficult to adjust to life and fit back into society. Some of these challenges were as a result of ineffective pre-rel...
ABSTRACT The epic is quite familiar in literary study and criticism. Its Western as well as African variants well-known among scholars and students of literature all over the world. African versions of the epic such as Mwindo, Chaka and Sundiata give us some ideas about the African epic. But is there any such thing as the pan-African epic, and do Armah’s Two Thousand Seasons, Osiris Rising and KMT: in the house of life belong to this category? The choric characterization, the strong female ...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the use of participatory communication strategies in the 2016 CSR projects of Kosmos-energy Ghana and Total Petroleum Ghana. The study examined the operationalisation of CSR in these companies and investigated the use of participatory communication strategies in CSR execution. The study was guided by the participatory communication theory and the stakeholder theory. The approach was qualitative anchored on a multiple case study of the purposively selected part...
ABSTRACT This work examined the dietary needs of adolescents who are boardersin a second cycle institutions in the Kumasi Metropolis. The specific objectives were to: outline the types of meals taken in the dining hall of the institutions; identify factors that determine the provision of adequate meals in the boarding institutions; and assess the perceptions of the students towards the meals taken at the dining hall of Opoku Ware Senior High School. The study employed mixed methods and used q...
ABSTRACT This study examined public relations practice (PR) in higher educational institutions in Ghana with a focus on Sunyani Technical University. The study adopted the qualitative research and purposively sampled employees at the registry, Heads of Department and other management staff within the university. In all 35 participants comprising 15 employees at the Registry, 16 Departmental Heads and 4 Deans participated in the study. The results of the study revealed that the role of the PR ...
ABSTRACT This thesis investigates the morphosyntax of the Dagbani (Gur, Niger-Congo) nominal Phrase (NP). The study described the internal components or constituents of the nominal phrase. It looked at the sequential order and distribution of the elements within the NP in addition to the pronominal system of the language. The methods used to collect the data were focus group discussion and elicitation. The Basic Linguistic Theory (BLT) (cf. Dixon, 2009, 2010, 2012) was adopted for this study....