ABSTRACT One of the basic goals of ameliorating gender inequality is education. This is recognised as a pivot for advancing women's well-being. However, the obstacles to achieving gender inequality are overwhelming, given the entrenched patriarchal positions in some cultures. Worldwide, boys are given more resources and opportunities than girls. This bias systematically weaves its way into how parents treat their children based on sex. The social positioning of the male child as linchpin of...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that contribute to students’ poor performance in mathematics at selected junior high schools in Bantama Sub – Metro in Kumasi Metropolis. The sample for the study consisted of all Junior high school students preparing for the final examination that comprised of 337. Questionnaire in the form of likert format ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5) was used to collect data. The methodological inquiries was...
ABSTRACT The ability of modern business organisations to succeed largely hinges on the quality of its human resources. Well trained and highly developed employees are considered as the bedrock for such success. The purpose of this study therefore was to examine the relationship between training and development and service delivery in Management Services Department, a Civil Service organisation. The study adopted a survey approach where relevant data was collected by means of a structure...
ABSTRACT In the Ghanaian society, there seems to be a public opinion that suggests that the clergy is forbidden by convention to have anything to do with active political participation. Though some clergy have being playing various roles in Ghana’s politics, they have done that mostly in spiritual support; thus through prayer and fasting, promoting peace before, during and after elections, serving in advisory capacity, advocacy, making inputs and commenting on government policies and decisi...
ABSTRACT Public interest in migration has been on the increase in response to a shift in perceptions on migration among other factors. Migration research has since the 1980s increasingly acknowledged and highlighted a wide range of issues related to one of the key features of contemporary migration flows. They indicate that in the area of destination, migration can have great impact on the gender roles performed by both males and females. Moreover, role reversal usually hurts the ego of males...
ABSTRACT Mobile application have the potential to make a necessary change in global delivery and management, being beneficial to both patients and governments. The benefits it brings to patients is that quality of delivered healthcare can be enhanced, making it easier to access and use medical services The purpose of the study was to explore user perception of impact that healthcare mobile applications have on residents in Accra who have adopted it to manage their health in Ghana. In view of ...
ABSTRACT Since the commencement of the fourth republic on 7th January 1993, the NDC and NPP have dominated the space of governance. As such, these parties have become major vehicles that drive citizens’ participation in politics. Political participation, therefore becomes complete when all members of the party including women are able to participate at the peak of the party as occupants of the high national executive offices. The thesis seeks to explain why no woman has been able t...
ABSTRACT In Ghana, biography as a study of personal histories has not been seriously pursued. This is because not much has been done about the life trajectories of personalities, who undoubtedly have contributed immensely to the socio-economic, cultural and political development of Ghana. It is therefore important that by sampling some of the more fascinating figures whose lives and activities had affected the people and the nation dramatically, readers are given an idea of the astonishing ri...
ABSTRACT Communication is key to the survival and growth of every organisation. No wonder some scholars hold the view that communication is the solution to all organisational problems One such scholar is Goldhaber (1984 ) who saw organisational communication as the ultimate determinant of all organizational outcomes. Scholars who share this view, say it is wrong to place communication on the same lev...
ABSTRACT This study examines the ability of students of Chiana Junior High School in identifying the concept of the noun group in English sentences as well as using the noun phrases correctly in written discourse. The researcher collected data from a sample population of 90 students out of the total of 270 students in the school (Chiana Junior High school). The descriptive research design was adopted for this research. The research instruments used in collecting the data included questionna...
ABSTRACT Spelling is an indication of education. It is important for second language learners and specifically for students learning English as a Second Language. This study sought to investigate the specific spelling errors that are evident in the writings of junior high school students in some selected schools in the Yendi Municipality. This study employed a mixed method design. Stratified simple random sampling technique was used to select 120 students and purposive sampling technique wa...
ABSTRACT The study examines the perspectives of advertising agency managers about packaging design in t he marketing mix. Packaging design i s an important component of the marketing mix with potential to contribute significantly to the marketing process. Using the qualitative research approach, in-depth interviews were conducted on purposively sampled advertising agency managers in Ghana e specially involved in creative work, and the result was subjected to thematic analysis. It was found o...
ABSTRACT A major trend in education in developing economies in general, and Ghana in particular is that schooling enrolments and attainment are relatively low. This trend appears to be a major thrust in education policies being currently evolved by governments in developing economies, Ghana inclusive (GoG, 2006). Based on this, the study aimed at finding out the challenges of enrolment in Ghanaian schools, with specific attention to Tano South District quantitative approaches. The si...
ABSTRACT The study examines the blog posts and blogger profiles of selected top African bloggers. The study is premised on the grounds that; first, the blogosphere is one of the most suitable online spaces for the construction and exploration of identity; second, that women can use the blogosphere to explore their creativity and true identity through their writing; and third, that the identity of the woman has been veiled from time immemorial since women as writers as well as their w...
ABSTRACT The study sought to ascertain the relationship between headteachers’ and assistant headteachers’ instructional leadership roles and students’ academic achievement in public junior high schools in the Kwadaso sub-metropolis,Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The study used quantitative methods to gather data by administering two sets of questionnaire to headteachers, assistant headteachers and students. Simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques were used...