ABSTRACT The Ondo State government established two programmes in 1999 under two different ministries with the view of providing the people with entrepreneurial and vocational skills that would engender creativity, innovativeness and productivity. Extant literature on the effectiveness and success of these programmes has been self-reporting without any empirical validation. This study, therefore, was carried out on the impact evaluation of the skill acquisition (SATP) and entrepreneurial devel...
ABSTRACT To many people, literacy appears to be an issue among adults or adult learners, but little do they realise that many of the adolescents in schools and out of schools are also infested with the virus called illiteracy, whereas they very first objective of primary education as stipulated in the National Educatio~Pl olicy is literacy in the 3Rs. It is very sad to report here that in spite of the persistent efforts made by the Federal Govenmlent to educate all by the year 2000, through t...
Abstract The study was conducted in 2009 in the Oshikoto and Khomas Regions of Namibia. The aim of the study was to document indigenous knowledge of the use of the Dwarf Sage plant in Namibia. The objectives of this study were: (a) to conduct a systematic recording of the body of indigenous knowledge of the Dwarf Sage, (b) to record and document the use of the Dwarf Sage, and (c) to document the types of diseases that can be treated with the Dwarf Sage. Qualitative research approach was used...
ABSTRACT The research is on retirement preparation of Ordained Ministers of Presbyterian Church of Ghana. The purpose of the study was to explore issues on retirement preparation of Ordained Ministers of Presbyterian Church of Ghana. The fundamental objective of this study was to examine retirement preparation among Ordained Ministers of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. The population of Ordained Ministers in the Presbyterian Church who were in Active Service and have Ten (10) years or less ...
ABSTRACT This is a report of an investigation into the recruitment and retention of academic staff in the private university colleges in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Basically the study aimed at:(1) determining the sources from where academic staffs are recruited into the Private University Colleges, and (2) their background characteristics.(3), find out the reasons individuals have for deciding to enter academic employment in the PUCs;(4) determine the effectiveness of the process by w...
Abstract The National constitution of Uganda clearly underscores the fact that education is a right of every Ugandan. The same document also stipulates the role of the Government and other stakeholders in providing education. It is from this mother document that also the other key providers of education services derive their mandate. In Uganda providers of education are either private or public. In some cases the government takes over the management and day today running of some schools whos...
ABSTRACT Effective young pupil’s learning requires friendly, engaging and enjoyable teaching and learning methods such as storytelling. Due to this fact, this study was designed to assess the practice and constrains of using storytelling as a teaching and learning method in public pre-primary schools. The study deployed descriptive crosssectional design pre-dominantly informed by qualitative approach. The study involved 64 informants (10 pre-primary teachers and 54pre-primary school pupil)...
ABSTRACT This study intended to assess the literacy skills development among rural primary school pupils in Kongwa District in Tanzania. Socio-cultural Theory guided this study. Qualitative approach was predominantly used in data collection by employing the case study design. Data were collected through semi- structured interviews, open –ended questionnaires, focus group discussion (FGD), observation and documentary review. The sample included 70 informants comprising of head-teachers, Tea...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate and document the experience of prisoners in accessing education. Specifically, the study examined the prospects and challenges of prisoners in accessing education through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) programme. Two prisons in Mbeya region were selected as a population of the study. The purposive sample of the study constituted of 39 respondents including prison learners, prison officers, programme coordinators, facilitators and a resi...
ABSTRACT The main focus of this study was to assess the role of headteachers as internal instruction supervisors of pupils’ academic performance in Tanzania. The study used both qualitative and quantitative approaches in collecting, presenting and analyzing the data obtained from the field. Questionnaire, interview, observation and documentary review methods were used for data collection. Purposive sampling and simple random procedures were used to collect data from 63 respondents includin...
ABSTRACT This study explored the relationship between teachers and parents and its contribution in improving students’ academic performance in community secondary schools. The study used qualitative research approach and supported by some elements of quantitative research approach. The study employed a cross–sectional research design. Purposive and random sampling techniques were used to select 91 respondents. Data were gathered through questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and docu...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at designing and developing activity based exemplary materials to enhance the teaching and learning of oral comprehension skills of expression among the secondary school students in Tanzania. The study designed interactive exemplary materials and tried out the materials to evaluate their effectiveness and efficiency in enabling the learners to develop confidence in self-expression. Questionnaires, interviews, classroom observations, documentary reviews, and pre-and ...
ABSTRACT Since the United Nations Declaration of the Decade for Women in 1975 following the global outcry of poor and low participation of women in decision making and in politics in the 1980s, the Government of Ghana with its institutions and international donor agencies and organisations started increasing their focus on empowering women by providing Non-Formal Education (NFE) programmes. This was to raise the women’s consciousness and to build their capacities and skills. The value assum...
ABSTRACT This is a survey study on the contributory role of health education for enhancing the health status of vulnerable groups particularly women. It is a study based on the WHO/Ghana Government Functional Literacy Project for Women in the Dangme East District which is aimed at improving the health status of women through a triad approach of functional literacy, health education and income generating activities. Specifically, the study set out to i) identify the health educational activit...
ABSTRACT The oil and gas discovery and production in Ghana has given the country a new status which has invigorated the scholarly debate on the effects of oil and gas discovery on the socio-economic development of the citizenry. The discovery, and its subsequent production, at Ghana’s Jubilee fields was met with high expectations by the Ghanaian citizenry, especially those within the catchment areas, as far as enjoying quality job opportunities, socio-economic development in infrastructure,...