ABSTRACT The study evaluated the World Vision Ghana’s Health and Nutrition programme at Bongo in the Upper East Region. Issues of health and nutrition are very crucial since they are closely related to the development of the individual and by extension, nations. There is widespread malnutrition and ignorance of health issues in most rural communities in Ghana. World Vision is operating in most of these rural communities in Ghana, and interventions in Health and Nutrition are undertaken in a...
ABSTRACT Social media is an invaluable technological tool that facilitates the delivery of instruction in the 21st century higher education landscape. It caters for learners’ individual differences, enriches learning environments, encourages knowledge construction and permits learners to individualise their own learning making them independent learners. This thesis investigated the integration of Social Media (SM) platforms into higher education pedagogy in Ghana. It drew on two main theor...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to determine whether rural communities in the Upper West Region participated in eye health care education programmes. The study was in two phases. In the first phase, 200 people from selected cluster communities were interviewed. These selected communities were chosen using the simple random sampling technique. After this, purposeful sampling technique was used to select eight community members from each of the twenty-five local communities. The aim was ...
ABSTRACT This study explored how “Suntaa-Nuntaa” a local Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in the Upper W est Region o f Ghana was able to provide disadvantaged rural women with income-generating activities that took into account environmental practices. The main elements o f the Suntaa-Nuntaa programmed laid emphasis on the organization, sensitization and education o f women through women groups that it formed in W a D istrict o f the Upper W est Region. The study was conducted in eigh...
ABSTRACT The promotion of Adult Functional Literacy programmes per se, neither creates the necessary motivation for learning, nor enhances the partici~ation of adult learners in the programme. The task is to create the enabling environment for harnessing and enhancing learner-related factors that influence the learners' participation. The Agency' 5 deli very of programmes is necessary, however the learnerfactors are equally important, and so should not be neglected in the process of Adult ...
ABSTRACT Hilson (2001) posited that illegal mining has been with us for many centuries. This is eminent as a historical trace of this phenomenon has been confirmed by various writers such as Allers, Ocansey, Yakubu and UNESCO. The rate at which this phenomenon is occurring has been increased despite its existence for centuries. In line with this, the Minerals Commission of Ghana (2013) indicated that 80% of small-scale miners within the Upper Denkyira East District have not registered. Based ...
ABSTRACT This thesis investigated some mental, personality and environmental variables among Form One girls in a secondary school as possible predictors of science aptitude. The variables were mental abilities, scholastic ability, interest in science, reading habits, personality traits and home environment. The variables were measured by using selected I-D aptitude tests-from Test Development and Research Office, West African Examinations Council, Lagos, a modified Edwards Personality Prefere...
ABSTRACT This paper reports on means of improving agricultural production in Ghana, with a case study of extension education for migrant farmers in Awudome Communities. The study covered: - the extent to which they are aware of the innovations introduced by extension programmes; - the extent to which they are using innovations introduced; - some constraints the farmers face in adopting innovations; and the corrective measures that-can be taken in order to improve extension programmes. ...
ABSTRACT This study examined the impact of instructional materials in the teaching and learning of chemistry in senior high schools in the Yilo Krobo and Lower Manya Krobo municipalities. The main objective of the study was to establish if there is significant difference in academic performance in chemistry between students exposed to chemistry IM and those not exposed. The specific objectives were to: assess the available instructional materials used in teaching and learning of chemistry in ...