ABSTRACT The study investigated home environmental, school, and teacher factors that had accounted for low BECE performance in Akpafu Odomi JHS, in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta Region. The study employed a descriptive survey design. Also, stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select 61 teachers, students and parents who participated in the study. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire. Questionnaires were designed for all three�...
ABSTRACT The study retrieved some leadership stories of Head teachers in Basic Schools of Nhyiaeso Sub-Metro of Kumasi. In particular it identified the leadership practices of Head teachers from their story narratives. The research draws on the practice of the head teachers in relation to their social roles, social environment and school. The literature review was grounded on the responses of the participants. As a qualitative study the researcher conveniently sampled six participants for in...
ABSTRACT The Ghana school feeding program started in 2005 on a pilot study with one school in each district of the country. Programs such as school feeding are believed to be effective because of its ability to target a specific population which is vulnerable. The research seeks to find out how the school feeding has impacted the educational outcomes such as attendance, enrolment and performance in Ejisu Juaben municipality. The study covered a select group of five schools comparing ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the perceived causes and effects of female student drop out in Ashanti Mampong Municipality. The study adopted a qualitative phenomenological case study design. The research population covered headmasters, female student dropouts, teachers, policy makers and parents. A sample of four (4) head teachers, four (4) ordinary school dropout learners and four (4) teachers, comprising of 2 males and 2 females, were purposively drawn from each ...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to assess the participation of teachers in the implementation of integrated science curriculum to enhance students’ academic performance in the Karaga Senior High School. Descriptive research design was used for the study. Quantitative research approach was used. The population comprised of science teachers (34 science teachers) and headmasters (2 headmasters) of Karaga Senior High School. Census sampling method was used to select all the 36 respo...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors that cause poor performance of students in the Basic Education Certificate Examination in selected Public Junior High Schools in Mampong Municipality. The objectives of the study were to identify student related factors that contributes to poor performance of students in the BECE, ascertain home conditions responsible for the poor academic achievement of students in BECE and to find out school related issues that contribu...
ABSTRACT The study examined the influence of violent demonstrations on academic performance in senior high schools, using TI Ahmadiyya Senior High School as a case study. The study was descriptive using a sample size of 210 respondents comprising staff, parents and students. Data was collected using questionnaires and analyzed using the SPSS. The study identified the following as factors contributing to violent demonstrations in senior high schools: Inadequate infrastructure, Inade...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of motivation on the job performance of teachers in the Suame Sub-metro of the Ghana Education Service in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The objectives of the study were to identify the motivational packages for Junior High School teachers in the Suame sub-metro, find the factors that motivate Junior High School teachers and to assess the perceived impact of motivation on Junior High School teachers’ performance. The study u...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the factors enhancing teacher motivation in public junior high schools in Suame Municipality in Ashanti Region. Specifically, the study was to determine the extent to which head teacher fairness enhance motivation of teachers, the extent to which remuneration enhance motivational level of teachers and to determine the extent to which students discipline behaviour affects the motivational level of teachers in Suame municipality. The st...
ABSTRACT This research sought to investigate the factors that contribute to effective teaching and learning in the public senior high schools in Bantama Sub-Metro in the Kumasi Metropolis. The target population for this study comprised of all senior high school teachers in the study area. Out of 342 teachers, 118 of them were randomly selected to participate in the study. Out of this sample selected, 105 representing 89% participated in the study. The study was conducted with quantitative r...
ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to examine the impact of management in FUOYE Theatre and Media Arts department. That is, using the department as a case study to examine the importance of management in the department. Chapter one covers the general introduction which includes the background, purpose, significance and scope of the study, there is also the methodology, limitation of study and definition of terms. Chapter two is the literature review, which is an in depth look into managemen...
ABSTRACT In recent times, traditional African dance seems to be given less cognizance in the society which is been compounded by high level of attention given to contemporary dance and less attention to African traditional dance. The level of involvement of the youth in African traditional dance is not encouraging, worse still, there is the tendency for this trend to continue in view of ignorance of the uniqueness of our own dance for the present and younger generations. Although there are ...
ABSTRACT Visual designs in the theatre have received different touches from different scholars and theorists. Some theorists made it relevant while some believe that they are less important. This study examines the indispensability of visual designs (costume and make up, set props and light) in the African theatre in relation to Langbodo production as directed by Rasaki Ojo Bak.are. Through participant observation, this study stressed the importance of these visual designs to the African dram...
ABSTRACT A persisting trend in Political theatre in Nigeria has remained a careful evaluation and a critical analysis of the vicious Politicking and corruption perpetuated by the Nigerian political elites in the Nigerian polity, questioning the status quo.for a general social change. However, this vicious politicking and corruption has demeaned and maimed the society, thus creating a dichotomy between the oppressor and the exploited. fr is on this note that, Once Upon a Tower is analysed i...
ABSTRACT Dance as a non material culture can only be perceived and appreciated via the auditor) and sight sense organs. This fact can be said to have reduced the chances of preserving and documenting Akoto dance, as the initiators and pioneers of the dance were non literates. This poses a problem to the later performers of the dance as they are ignorant of the origin of the dance as well as its true functions. Some researchers claim that Akoto dance is a sugar cane occupational dance, while...