ABSTRACT The study investigated the effectiveness of instructional supervision at the basic school level in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District. The study covered the district education office and all the 62 Junior High Schools in the district. There are seven circuits in the district and four circuits were randomly selected for the study. The data were collected with the use of questionnaire and interview guide. Simple percentages were calculated to analyse the data. The main findings of the ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated management and support services provided for teachers of Lamashegu Circuit B public junior high schools by service providers. It sought to discover services actually provided at the time, challenges faced by both service providers and teachers, and solutions needed to address them. Purposive sampling was adopted to select 62 respondents, from whom data were collected, using a questionnaire with Cronbach’s Coefficient Alpha reliabilities of .91 and .82. Retur...
ABSTRACT The study sought to examine the perceptions of school administrators on the impact of management functions on the academic performance of students. Descriptive survey was used for the study. Twenty schools from seven districts in the Central Region were involved in the study. School administrators were selected because they were at the helm of affairs when it comes to management of schools. The main instrument used for the study was questionnaire. The return rate for the questionnair...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out stakeholders’ assessment of a best teacher award winner’s intervention package for basic school improvement in some selected schools in the Akatsi District of the Volta Region. It specifically examined the extent to which the promotion of the three methodologies and two strategies affected teaching and learning, the influence of the motivational programme on teachers, pupils and parents, the perceptions of teachers, pupils and parents on ...
ABSTRACT This study examined challenges involved in North-South Collaboration in educational development in Ghana. It sought to identify the nature and sustainability of North-South collaboration in Ghana. A qualitative research design was used for the study. Specifically, the Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used. This approach was preferred because it is flexible and allowed the researcher to discover new issues related to the research topic during investigations. The study ...
ABSTRACT The purpose ofthis study was to examine the perception ofstudents on the govenunents' policy of cost-sharing. Its concerns included students' view on policy, the effect of cost-sharing on enrolment, the effect of cost-sharing on quality of teaching, the effect of the policy on facilities at the university, and the effect of the policy on academic performance. The study also identified alternative sources that could be employed to finance tertiary education and found out from student...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the conflict management practices of headmasters in senior high schools in the Akuapem South District. The specific objectives of the study were to : find the common types of conflict in the schools, causes of conflicts and how the headmasters managed conflicts that occurred in the schools. The study further sought to examine the effective techniques applied by the headmasters in resolving conflicts in the schools. Five senior high schools we...
ABTRACT This study assessed the challenges of state-church partnership in school administration in the West Akim Municipality of Ghana. The descriptive survey design was employed to assess the stakeholders’ perception on the issue under study. In all 27 administrators of schools in the West Akim municipality were involved in the study. Questionnaires and interview guide were used to collect data for the study. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. The study found that the ...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to find out how student participation in decision making affects school administration. An attempt was made to identify areas that students could effectively contribute to the smooth running of school administration. The target population was all the teachers and students of Fijai Secondary School. Purposive and random sampling techniques were used to select 292 students and 32 teachers. Questionnaire was the main instrument used for the research s...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine stakeholders' assessment of the Best Teacher Award Scheme with regard to its contribution to achieving quality basic education in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem District in the Central Region. Random and purposive sampling techniques were used to select a sample of 160 teachers, 20 District Education Office staff, 40 Chairmen of Parent-Teacher Association and/ or School Management Committee and 10 Assembly members. Data were obtained through ...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find out how female heads perform their duties as administrators of Senior High schools to improve teaching and learning in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. Descriptive research design was used to conduct the study. The population for the study consisted of heads of Senior High School as well as teaching and non-teaching staffs. Questionnaire was designed and used to collect data for the study. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select ...
ABSTRACT The challenge in providing adequate drinking water has driven many governments in developing countries to either privatised their water systems entirely or engaged in partnership with the private sector. The study was undertaken to examine public-private partnership with reference to GWCL/AVRL in urban water supply in the Ga East Municipal. The International Benchmarking Network for Water and sanitation (IBNNET) was used to assess the performance ratios of GWCL/AVRL. Data was colle...
ABSTRACT This study sought to find out the challenges facing administrators of basic private schools in Ghana and identify administrative strategies of responding positively to such challenges. It specifically identified challenges faced in the administration and management of basic private schools in areas of managing: people, learning resources, finance and school-community relationship, the strategies that administrators used in handling these challenges, and the various forms of support...
ABSTRACT The study intended to investigate effects of conflict on the administration of Senior High Schools in the Ashanti Mampong Municipality. The study was guided by four research questions. The descriptive research design was adopted for the study. A sample of 72 teachers and 133 students were randomly selected to deliberate on the issues. The instruments used for data collection were two selfadministered questionnaires. Data collected were analysed manually and electronically whereby t...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the impact, both negative and positive, of the factors that affect female participation in Senior High School education in Ghana. Using a case study method, three Senior High Schools from the Amansie East District of the Ashanti Region were selected for the study. Questionnaires were distributed to tutors, parents and students. Using bar chart and frequency distribution methods, results from the 96 respondents of the study were analysed. The study rev...