ABSTRACT The study was conducted to find the challenges and prospects facing students of distance education in Ghanaian public universities: the case of University of Cape Coast study centre. The sample for the study were twenty teachers and two hundred students making a total of two hundred and twenty respondents. The respondents were selected from` Cape Coast distance education study centre at Oyoko Methodist senior high school in the Koforidua municipality. Questionnaires were used to coll...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to investigate the predictive validity of students’ senior high school certificate examination (SHSCE) entry aggregate on their final year cumulative grade-point average (GPA) at the University of Cape Coast. The study covered the year groups from 1999 to 2001 involving five departments under the Faculty of Education at the University of Cape Coast. A total of 1,216 subjects consisting of 403 females and 813 males formed the study population. The research de...
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank sincerely Dr. AL. Dare, my supervisor, mentor and Director ofIEPA who supervised me meticulously and ensured that my work was brought to an appreciable standard. Special thanks also go to Dr. IS.K .Owusu who whipped up my enthusiasm and encouraged me to select a topic on financial administration in a public institution of a country for study. I am equally. grateful to all the other lecturers at the Institut~ of Educational Planning and Administration and...
ABSTRACT The study examined the In-In-Out Programme of Teacher Training Colleges in Ghana, using Tamale Training College as a case study, with the intent of identitYing the challenges associated with the programme. Questionnaire and interviews were used to collect data from the Principal, Vice Principals, Link tutors, mentees [rom Tamale Training College, mentors and lead mentors [rom schools of attachment and district directors of education [or Tamale Metropolis , . and East Gonja District. ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate whether incentives would be able to draw teachers from urban areas to accept posting to the rural areas and to remain and if so what type of incentives.The theoretical review centred on incentive offers for teachers. Factors underlying the perception of incentives and theories of teacher migration were reviewed. The study was a descriptive survey. The instrument used for the study was the questionnaire and interview guide. The stratified ra...
ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to determine the extent to which staff of Ghana Commercial Bank Limited branches in the Cape Coast Municipality experience job-related stress, the behavioural manifestations of stress and the coping strategies adopted by staff at the work place. A sample of sixty-eight respondents was drawn from staff of the branches in the Cape Coast Municipality. The research design used for the study was a descriptive survey. The research instrument used was the questionna...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the challenges of women in educational institutions in the Bolgatanga Municipality. They purpose of the research was to assess the main factors that affect women’s participation in management positions. The descriptive survey method was adopted with a sample size of 150. The sample was randomly selected. The questionnaire was the main instrument used to collect data. The main methods used in analyzing the data were frequency and simple percentage distribution...
ABSTRACT Student conflicts in Senior Secondary Schools are disturbing factors that can mar the administration of the schools Academic work cannot go on smoothly if there are student unrests in the schools.The study investigated conflict management practices in Kumasi Girls’ Secondary School. Three sets of questionnaire were used. A total of 140 respondents, comprising 20 teaching staff, non-teaching staff and 100 students were selected through ran...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to find out whether the School Management Committee (SMC) or Parent Teacher Association participated in basic school administration to improve education. The study was carried out in the basic schools of the Obuasi Municipality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The respondents who were community members, SMC members, PTA members teachers, head teachers, and parents were randomly sampled for the research. In all, the researcher visited 100 s...
ABSTRACT This study is an effort to improve teacher performance by employing the clinical supervision concept to reverse lackluster teacher performance in the school of study. The purposes of the study wereto determine; ifthe instructional practices of the teachers’ changed; if the teachers cultivated the habits of responding positively to supervision and if teacher confidence level rose over the five months study period. The research methods used to answerquestions were both qualita...
ABSTRACT The study was on administrative challenges the in-in out programme in Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai District of Western Region of Ghana. The main studywasto Wlearththe administrative challenges associated with the implementation of the "out'" segment ofthe in·in·ou lprogrammein selected schools in Biblam Anhwiaso Bekwai DlstnctIn all twenty (20) Basicschools wereinvolved in the study.Onehundredand thirty-eight respondents participated in the study The main researchinstrument employedto...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to find out the status of decentralization of educational administration in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District in the Central Region of Ghana. The sample for the study was made up of 245respondents selected from the District Education Office, 50 schools and 50 School Management Committees (SMCs). This consisted of 146 teachers, 48 head teachers, 47 SMC chairpersons and 4 officers of the district education office. The purposive and simple random samp...
ABSTRACT This study is a descriptive survey, which sought to investigate the relationship between leadership styles of basic schools head teachers and school climate in Ahafo Ano North District. Five research questions were formulated to guide the study. A total of 90 respondents, comprising 18 head teachers and 72 head teachers in the Ahafo Ano north district were involved in the study. The main research instrument used to collect data was que...
ABSTRACT Community participation in the provision of basic education was given government backing as a means of bringing the school and the community closer. By this the community was expected to compliment government’s effort in the provision of basic education in the communities. A descriptive survey was used to investigate community participation in the provision of basic education in the New Juaben municipality. Questionnaire was the main...
ABSTRACT The study sought to assess the support offered by the community for girl child education in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese district of Ghana using the descriptive design. The instrument used for the study was questionnaire which comprised Likert scale type questions. A sample size of 364 respondents was drawn from adult members of the community comprising Traditional Leaders, Teaching Staff at the District Education Office, Non-Governmental Organizations, Development Partners, Faith...