ABSTRACT The study was to find out the nurture experiences that influence JHS Students career aspirations, where students seek career information, the levels of students’ knowledge on career alternatives and measures students adopt to achieve their career aspirations in Berekum Municipality. The study covered a sample of 303 respondents randomly selected from students of five Junior High Schools in Berekum Municipality. Descriptive survey method was used for the research design. Questionnai...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find the perceptions tutors and students held about the Leadership Behaviours of Principals of Colleges of Education in the Central Region of Ghana. The design for the study was a descriptive survey whereby data were collected to answer the research questions. Tutors and students from the three colleges of education in the Central Region of Ghana constituted the population. In all, the sample size of the study stood at 407. Seventy-seven tutors were selected by us...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to ascertain the nature and challenges of supervision in the Ablekuma North Sub-Metropolis. The study population was 662 teachers, 46 head teachers and 5 circuit supervisors. Simple random, purposive and stratified sampling procedures were used to select 271 respondents comprising 220 teachers, 46 head teachers and five circuit supervisors. The researcher used questionnaires to collect data and the response rate was 92.3%. The data was analyzed using desc...
ABSTRACT The study was on supervision of instruction in Junior Secondary Schools in the Tema municipality, in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The purpose of the study was to find out the state of supervision of instruction in the Tema municipality, the type of supervision emphasized and which type teachers preferred. It was also to find out whether teachers were satisfied with the level of supervision in the municipality and the problems they encountered in their work and whether the super...
ABSTRACT The study examined the determination of student’s leaning behaviour of selected Public Senior High School in Cape Coast Metropolis of the Central Region of Ghana. A descriptive survey research design was adopted using sample of 320 students randomly selected from eight Senior High School in Cape Coat. A questionnaire was use to gather the date. The Cronbachs alpha coefficient for the reliability of the of the instrument was 0.823. Means, standard deviation and independent t-test we...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of work place environment on the performance of tutors of Tamale College of Education and the tutors of Bagabaga College of Education. The environment that people are required to work in can have a significant impact on their ability to undertake the tasks that they have been asked to do. Louise further stated that work environment could also have an impact on an individual's ability to work safely, competently and in compliance with operational per...
Abstract It is a lll1iversally acknowledged fact that education is a vital enterprise geared towards the acquisition of skills, values and knowledge. It is the key to the development of any nation, because it develops the human resource needeg for socio-economictransformation. Thus, every progressive and civilized society thrives on values such as diligence, tolerance, honesty? respect and consideration for others, courtesy, decorum, decency and love among others. These are some of the views ...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find out the causes of school dropout in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The researcher used descriptive survey as the research design and questionnaires were used as the data collection instrument. A total number of two hundred and forty (240) respondents were sampled for the study: One hundred (100) pupils, ninety (90) parents, thirty (30) dropouts and twenty (20) teachers. Parents and dropouts were selected on snowballing sampling tec...
ABSTRACT There is wide spread perception of drug use by small scale miners in their activities. The problems of drug use and its impact on an individual have been noted in most drug research works. In Ghana, drug research studies over the years have concentrated on second cycle institutions, certain communities and institutions. This study sought to describe the nature of drug use and the perceived effects of the drugs on small scale mine labourers of Asutifi North District of Brong-Ahafo Reg...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate significant sex differences in students’ achievement scores in core mathematics as measured by the School-Based Assessment System. It also investigated the extent to which mathematics teachers were aware and conversant with the provision for the SBA. A survey method was used and simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques were used to select three Senior High Schools in the Ho Municipality. A total of 194 students had their assessment i...
ABSTRACT This study employed the descriptive survey to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of HIV counsellors in HIV counselling and testing in the Central Region of Ghana. In all, 140 HIV counsellors from the Central Region were sampled through the use of the purposive sampling procedure. The convenient sampling procedure was adopted to carry out the observation sections. Questionnaires and observation guide were used to collect the necessary data for the study. Descriptive statisti...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to identity the challenges in deliveries and family planning services in the Berekum District. The study sought to investigate the extent to which clients and private midwives have interest with the students mid wives and the relationship of the students to their clients. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. A total of 80 respondents were used for the study comprising 60 randomly sampled clients, 5 professional midwife and 15 ward assista...
ABSTRACT Education delivery at the basic school level cannot be carried out effectively without the required quality and quantity of teachers. This implies that educational administrators must ensure that at any point in time measures have been instituted to recruit and retain the required number of teachers. In view of this realization, an investigation was conducted into how basic school teachers are recruited and retained in the Obuasi Municipal Education Directorate. A sample of 120 respo...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to see how effective the heads of Senior Secondary Schools in the Ga district are. The study sought to investigate the perception of teachers and students of the leadership effectiveness of these heads in the Ga District of the Greater Accra Region. The respondents of the study were teachers and students of five Senior Secondary Schools in the Ga district, namely the Presbyterian Boys Secondary School (Presec), St John's Grammar School, West Africa Secondary S...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to ascertain the attitude university students have towards online counselling in the College of Humanities, University of Ghana. The study employed the descriptive survey design. Simple random sampling technique was employed to select 500 respondents from a population of 17,815 students from the College of Humanities, University of Ghana. The study made use of primary data through the use of an adapted Online Counselling Attitude Scales for data col...