ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to investigate the key issues and challenges perceived by Pupils, Mathematics teachers, Headteachers and Circuit supervisors as contributing to pupils’ poor performance in mathematics in some rural schools in the New Juaben Municipality. It was to find out how stakeholders of mathematics education perceive teachers’ support for the learning of mathematics. Also, the study sought to find out the perceptions of stakeholders about schools’ suppor...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between the university’s organisational culture and lecturers’ commitment to the university. A correlational research was carried out using randomly selected academic staff of the University of Cape Coast. The study involved 237 respondents who responded to a self- administered questionnaire. The Cronbach’s alpha was used to test for the reliability of the instrument. The reliability coefficient was 0.80. The statist...
ABSTR4.CT This study examined regular school teacher attitude towards inclusive education in the Cape Coast Municipality of Ghana. Precisely, the study investigated teachers' level of conceptualization/understanding of inclusive education, the prime factors responsible for their differing attitude towards inclusive education as well as steps that can be implemented to improve and promote inclusive education in the municipality. One hundred and thirty-two (132) teachers were selected for the s...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to find out teachers' and students' perception of and attitude towards the religious and moral education programme in senior secondary schools in the Upper-East Region of Ghana. The sample for the study consisted of344 respondents comprising 50 teachers and 294 students. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select the participants for the study. Six research questions and two hypotheses were fannulated to guide the study. Two sets of q...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out among Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The objective was to find out the perception of heads of government Assisted Secondary Schools towards financial administration procedures practiced in schools. The study was also intended to find out the background of the heads and the bursars on the relationship that should exist among them. The study however established that the heads and the bursars role...
ABSTRACT The lyrics of traditional music are an information source usually neglected in the study of cultures, yet, they hold an important part of oral history. This study examines the contexts and lyrics of a traditional music and dance form called Kpa shimo, which is performed by the people of La during their annual festival – Homowo. Kpa is the only type of music that is permitted during the festival in La. Some literary sources present the Homowo festival as a generic series of ceremoni...
ABSTRACT Education is considered as the bedrock for economic, political and social transformation of any society. Over the years there has been an increasing awareness and acceptance of assertion that teachers are the oil that lubricate the engine of education in society. If it is so, then professional development of teachers is an essential ingredient for development of skills, knowledge, and attitude to enhance their delivery in effective and efficient manner. Additionally, there are some f...
ABSTRACT Open Educational Resources are (OERs) are teaching and learning materials which are in the public domain or made freely available by means of open licenses for learners, teachers and researchers. In today’s technological age, OERs have come to play a major role in higher educational institutions. There are a number of OER initiatives in higher educational institutions in Ghana. However, there is no study to determine the status of OER adoption and use by faculty in Ghana. The probl...
ABSTRACT Divorce, single parenting and issues associated with parental status on an adolescent’s wellbeing specifically, adolescents’ depression and self-esteem has been on an increase worldwide and Ghana is no exception. This study was aimed at examining the influence of parental status on depression and self esteem of adolescents in Ghana after noticing that adolescents going through formal education face many challenging situations as a result of diverse marital issues of thei...
ABSTRACT The main aim of this study was to find out the extent the intervention put in place by the Lawra/Nandom District Assembly to reduce poverty and empower women groups socially and economically through the implementation of poverty reduction programme has been achieved. The design for the study was descriptive survey design. The study used questionnaire to obtain data from all beneficiary women groups and interviews from officials. In all, 134 respondents and two interviewees were selec...
ABSTRACT The main aim of this study was to find out the extent the intervention put in place by the Lawra/Nandom District Assembly to reduce poverty and empower women groups socially and economically through the implementation of poverty reduction programme has been achieved. The design for the study was descriptive survey design. The study used questionnaire to obtain data from all beneficiary women groups and interviews from officials. In all, 134 respondents and two interviewees were selec...
ABSTRACT Performance Appraisal helps to improve the performance of individuals and institutions thereby increasing their productivity, quality of performance and encouraging positive work. This research is about Performance Appraisal System in the Ghana Education Service and its effectiveness on teachers’ performance using Ada East District (AED) as a case study. The purpose of the study seeks to examine stakeholder’s perspective on the practices of appraisal of teachers in Ghanaian sch...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to analyse the adoption of recommended cocoa practices among cocoa growers in Ghana and to relate it to the correctness of their knowledge of principles underlying the recommende practices, the growers' sources of cocoa husbandry information selected personal and economic characteristics of the growers; and to examine the relationships discovered and to draw recommendations which will assist the Ghana Government in programmes to increase cocoa production. In o...
ABSTRACT This study examines the Tigare shrine at Pepease, Kwahu. It reviews the background of the study area taking into consideration the location and history of Pepease-Kwahu. It also reviews some shrines in Ghana and compares the material with the data gathered from the Tigare shrine at Pepease-Kwahu. The traditional beliefs of the people of Kwahu and then some customary practices observed by the people of Pepease-Kwahu are also discussed. Relying heavily on ethnographic data and litera...
ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to assess the attitude of Junior High School students with regard to mathematics and its impact on their academic performance, a case of Asunafo South District. Thus, the study examined the relationship between attitude of students towards mathematics and their achievement in mathematics. The study investigated whether or not there is a connection between attitudes and learning experiences of JHS students in mathematics. Finally, it also examined differences...