ABSTRACT Concerns raised by stakeholders in education over the continuous falling standards of education in the country has made the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service put in place such intervention as the performance Monitoring Test. The PMT is organized by the Inspectorate Division of the Ghana Education Service to measure the performance level of teachers and pupils in teaching and learning. The purpose of the study was to find out whether respondents perceived the PMT a...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the utilization of teaching space facilities at Our Lady of Apostle College of Education at Cape Coast in the 2006/2007 academic year. The study sought to provide information on time, space and global utilization rates in order to plan for short and long term admissions of student into the College. The research design adopted in the study was the case study. Purposive, stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select samples...
ABSTRACT This study looks at the role of Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in expanding access to and participation in Basic Education in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region of Ghana. Basic school teachers, children in programme, officials of NGOs, District Education Office (DEO) Staff and Community members constituted the population. In all, the sample size of the study stood at two hundred and thirty (230). Data were gathered using questionnaires and interview guides. Analysis ...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the factors militating against community participation in public basic schools in Sefwi-Wiawso District of the Western Region. It specifically investigated the roles of community members, the relationship between schools and the communities, challenges to community’s participation, and ways of improving community participation in education. A descriptive survey was adopted and involved a sample size of 175 respondents made up 65 headteachers, teachers and circui...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out the types of activities that schools were engaged in to generate funds and how effectively and efficiently these income-generating activities were managed. The study was also interested in eliciting information on the benefits schools derived from these activities. The instrument used to collect data was a closed-ended questionnaire which was personally administered to selected groups of teachers and students, the head of school and the accoun...
ABSTRACT This study was intended to investigate the challenges that confront the administration of Accra College of Education of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. In line with the objective of the study, descriptive survey design was used to conduct the study. The sample size for the study was 56 comprising of 44 tutors, 4 heads of departments and units’, the bursar, 2 members of board of governors, the principal and the metropolitan director of education, SRC president and 2 auxiliary sta...
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 District ...
ABSTRACT Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has the ·tools· to facilitate the core tasks of a higher educational institution like a University in the areas of teaching. learning. research. management/administration and for library services. However not much can be gained from the technology in that respect if an assessment is not made into how the technology is currently being used. its adequacy and accessibility. as well identifying the problems hampering the development and us...
ABSTRACT Effective supervision has been identified by many as one of the most vital ingredients for promoting teaching and learning. ‘Relationship’ plays a critical role in the supervision process. Although the circuit supervisor’s handbook stressed collegiality between the circuit supervisor and the teacher, this is practically none existing. This obviously creates tension, conflicts and breeds supervision phobia teachers. The main challenge facing supervision in the schools therefore ...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted on the views of teachers of selected basic schools on inclusive education in Cape Coast Metropolis. The study adopted descriptive survey design to help find answers to the problem under investigation and a questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. Systematic random sampling technique was used to select 76 basic school teachers as the respondents for the study. The background information of the respondents was analysed by using frequency and percen...
ABSTRACT At a time in the nation's history when government policy was in the direction of community participation in the educational delivery process, this research was undertaken to establish the effect the attitudes of School Management Committee members have on the academic performance of their respective basic schools. The study centred on school communities in the ShamaAhanta East Metropolitan area of the Western Region of Ghana. The metropolitan area has quite a good number of basic sch...
ABSTRACT The study focused on female participation in tertiary education in the Tolon-Kumbungu District in the northern region of Ghana. The main objective of the study was to assess factors which affect female access to and participation in tertiary institutions in the district. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. The sample size for the study was made up of 86 respondents. These comprised 23 female school drop outs, 36 teachers and 20 parents. The data collection instrumen...
ABSTRACT Motivation of workers is a very important aspect in the work force of any type. Teachers like all other workers need to be motivated to enable them function effectively and efficiently in their profession. The purpose of the study was to identify the factors which influence teacher job satisfaction in the Armed Forces Schools in Kumasi. In particular, the causes of teacher job satisfaction, effects of teacher job satisfaction, the relationship between gender as well as the relationsh...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out the challenges teachers in the Eastern Region of Ghana encountered when they visited their various District Education Offices to seek solutions to their problems. The study also sought to find out Management's challenges with regard to unacceptable behaviour and attitudes exhibited by some workers at District Education Offices. The sample for the study comprised 10 district directors, 40 frontline officers, 400 teachers and 150 workers at dist...
ABSTRACT This case study of student perception of their participation in decision-making in Dormaa Secondary School was prompted by an observation that the student leaders or prefects of the school do not sometimes perform their prefectural duties as expected. The study explored the perceptions of students of their participation in decision-making, the actual and desired areas of student participation in decision-making, the degree of student satisfaction with their involvement in decision-m...