ABSTRACT In recent times, teaching and learning at the basic schools leave much to be desired. Lateness, absenteeism and misuse of instructional time on the part of teachers have been the order of the day. The purpose of the study was to find out the present state and effectiveness of supervision in Junior High Schools in the Yilo Krobo District. Out of the eight circuits in the district, four were used for the study – Two urban, two rural. Four schools were selected from each of the four ...
ABSTRACT The study was on the time management practices of the administrative heads of Ghana National College(O.N.C.). The purpose of this study was to identify the time wasters and determine their impact on the administrative heads of Ghana National College in their time management practices. It was also to find out how the administrative heads of Ghana National college control their time wasters to achieve maximum result in their time management practices. The study has attempted answerin...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the students’ and teachers’ understanding of discipline. It also looked into those acts considered indiscipline by students and teachers, and the causes of indiscipline in the school. An enquiry was also made into the effects of indiscipline and measures that could be adopted to control indiscipline in the school. Students and staff of Adonten Senior Secondary School were selected as sample for the study. In all 84 students and 26 teachers constituted th...
ABSTRACT The study was designed to investigate challenges that newly trained teachers face at their hrst stations in baisic schools. Since the role of the teacher in human resource development is very valuable, anything that adversely affects his/her performance should not be left" to chance. Purposive sampling t"ecJmique , was adopted in selecting both headteachers and the newly trained teachers for the study. All the eight "educational circuits in the AVlUtu-Efutu-Senya District were cover...
ABSTRACT Support services are expected to be provided by management bodies to make the teacher work better. The study aimed at finding out the extent the District Education Office (DEO), the District Education Oversight Committee (DEOC) represented by the District Assembly, the traditional authority and heads of government departments in the district, the School Management Committees and the Parent Teacher Associations (SMC/PTA) are working to support the teacher. The study covered 40 schoo...
ABSTRACT Teachers have great responsibilities in the development of an educational system, sharing in curriculum development, producing materials for teaching and learning and participating in the design and administration of new forms of educational assessment. Efforts to manage and support teachers are therefore critical in improving the quality of teaching and learning. The study aimed at examining the roles teachers play in achieving school goals, teacher management and support services...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the dissertation was to identify the factors which attract female teachers into the basic schools of the Kumasi Metropolis. Respondents for the data collection comprised 72 teachers, 12 heads of basic schools and 2 officers in charge of postings and transfers in the Kumasi Metropolitan Education Office. The research questions that guided the study were probes into the factors that enticed female teachers in the Kumasi Metropolis, factors preventing female teacher...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at investigating quality assurance practices in ten private universities in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The study involved 268 participants, comprising 168 lecturers, 70 students, 10 Quality Assurance heads, 10 registrars and 10 deans of students. Simple random and purposive sampling technique were used in selecting the respondents. Questionnaires and interview guide were the main instruments used to c...
ABSTRACT This study examined the records management practices of administrative staff at the Western Regional office of the Ghana Education Service. Among other things, it sought information on the availability, maintenance and utilization of records. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The site and the participants were selected through the purposive sampling technique. The study involved a sample of 16 participants which comprised 5 administrators, 2 secretaries, 8 hum...
ABSTRACT A descriptive survey was conducted to determine the school-related, teacher-related, and community-related factors that account for teacher performance in private junior high schools in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis. A purposive sampling technique was used to select high performing private junior high schools (n = 9) in the metropolis. Data for the study were based on responses from head teachers (n= 9) and teachers (n= 60) from the selected schools. The research instrument consi...
ABSTRACT The study examined student’s perception of the student loan trust fund in the University of Cape Coast its benefits and challenges. The study adopted the descriptive survey design to describe students’ views about the Students loan trust fund (SLTF). The data gathered were from a sample size of 269 respondents from the University of Cape Coast using a questionnaire. The study adopted three sampling technique namely: convenience sampling technique, snowball sampling technique and...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the stakeholders' perception on the effect of rumours on the management of Senior High Schools in the Cape Coast metropolis of the Central Region of Ghana. These stakeholders included Heads of Institutions, Assistant Heads/Tutors and students selected from ten different schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis. A descriptive survey method was adopted for the research. A questionnaire was developed by the researcher to solicit information from 10 Heads ofInstitutions...
ABSTRACT The study was to find out the challenges confronting women in educational administration in the country, particularly in the Greater Accra Region, where a sizeable number of them are found. It sought to investigate whether (i) female administrators in education are discriminated against, (ii) how they do manage their career and families and (iii) whether there are any effective support services provided for them to enhance their effectiveness, among others. The study was necessary d...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine how five personal and institutional factors influenced the way tutors in the Colleges of Education (CoE) in the Central Region (CR) integrate technology, specifically computers and their accessories, and the internet into the curriculum. This study also, investigated how tutors’ individual personal factors are related to and interact with each other in the context of the Colleges of Education. Questionnaire and structured interview guide w...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out how motivation of teachers relate to the satisfaction they have on their job. This was done by looking at the strategies that account for teachers likening of their Job and the teachers’ attitude towards motivational schemes. The study adopted a simple survey which was considered in collecting data to facilitate the testing of research questions raised in the study. The sample was drawn from two main Senior High Schools in the Tain Distric...