ABSTRACT The study was an assessment of in-service training for school counsellors in Sagnarigu District. A mixed method design was used in the study. A population of sixteen people (Counsellors and Headmasters) was involved. Interview guide and questionnaire were the instruments for collecting data. School counsellors and Head Masters responded to the questionnaires while key informants were interviewed. The researcher personally administered the questionnaires and conducted the interviews. ...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the guidance and counselling needs of university students within the UDS, with the view to striving for better ways of ensuring more effective counselling to students, which is one of the basic responsibilities of the counsellor. The study involved 471 students drawn from two faculties in the UDS, Tamale. These are the SMHS and FOA, Nyankpala. Simple random sampling was used to select the faculties and respondents for the study. In all, 471 respondents including...
INTRODUCTION Shortages of meat accompanied by rapid price increases have aroused much concern in Ghana recently. These shortages may be attributed in part to a decline in the flow of livestock from neighbouring states which serve as our primary external sources of meat (Clottey, 1971) . There is evidence to suggest that of recent local sources of meat have also lagged due to increased costs of production. These supply factors combined with a rising demand, resulting primarily from population ...
ABSTRACT Given the abysmal performance of pupils in schools of the East Gonja district which is said to be the outcome of teacher absenteeism and related factors, the study examined the effects of teacher absenteeism on the academic performance of pupils in the district. A total of 98 respondents comprising of head teachers, assistant head teachers and classroom or subject teachers in the basic schools of the district were interviewed using the structured questionnaire. The data was analysed...
ABSTRACT The research is on retirement preparation of Ordained Ministers of Presbyterian Church of Ghana. The purpose of the study was to explore issues on retirement preparation of Ordained Ministers of Presbyterian Church of Ghana. The fundamental objective of this study was to examine retirement preparation among Ordained Ministers of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. The population of Ordained Ministers in the Presbyterian Church who were in Active Service and have Ten (10) years or less ...
ABSTRACT This is a report of an investigation into the recruitment and retention of academic staff in the private university colleges in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Basically the study aimed at:(1) determining the sources from where academic staffs are recruited into the Private University Colleges, and (2) their background characteristics.(3), find out the reasons individuals have for deciding to enter academic employment in the PUCs;(4) determine the effectiveness of the process by w...
ABSTRACT Zibo music is a distinct musical genre in the Asogli area in the northern part of the Volta Region. This musical tradition has experienced important transformations in the last decades as some practitioners move it from its original secular status to a sacred one. The study is premised on the fact that musical traditions like all other aspects of culture also have the natural capacity to consciously or unconsciously effect changes in their performance modes. Taking a constructivist a...
Abstract The present study in chapter 1 has sheds light on the discussion that effect blended learning on secondary student in the present scenario of COVID-19. In the COVID-19 situation, the government has enforced a Movement Control Order which forces schools to shut down. The study has analysed that blended learning is one of the effective methods for the continuation of study from the home environment without any health concerns. In chapter 2, The literature review of the study has iden...
ABSTRACT in the quantity of information in this era of Information Technology calls response in public library operations. Public libraries as information centers. must automate their operations in order to meet the challenges of today's information provision. I his study H1S conducted to investigate the prospects of automating public libraries. the problems that hinder automating public libraries with particular reference to the' Accra Central Library. I he methodology adopted for the coll...
ABSTRACT Irish potato is the fourth most significant food crop in the world after rice
Abstract Spatial price transmission or market integration measures the degree to which geographically separated markets share long-run market information on homogenous commodities. One very contentious issue in Ghana is the concern about the implications of trade liberalization for spatial price transmission and integration of local tomato markets i.e. whether or not price linkages between tomato markets in Ghana improved following the countries adoption of trade liberalization policy in the...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of mobility techniques in facilitating the movement of persons with visual impairments in and around their homes and communities. Its main focus is to explore avenues and strategies for effective training of orientation and mobility skills to these individuals with visual impairments in the Garu-Tempane District. An action research design was used to guide the study. A sample size of 10 people was involved in the study. T...
Abstract The National constitution of Uganda clearly underscores the fact that education is a right of every Ugandan. The same document also stipulates the role of the Government and other stakeholders in providing education. It is from this mother document that also the other key providers of education services derive their mandate. In Uganda providers of education are either private or public. In some cases the government takes over the management and day today running of some schools whos...
ABSTRACT Celebrated in 2008, the United Nations International Year of the Potato (IYP) highlighted the important role of the Irish potato in agriculture, the economy and world food security. Globally, agriculture and food security are affected by a number of constraints including land conflicts. As population grows, land becomes scarce and its demand rises. In Uganda and Kisoro District in particular, there is an increasing level of land conflicts needing mitigation among smallholder Irish p...
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers of Apac District received advice from extension agents on the production of high quality cassava flour from 2009 to 2015. Despite training, production remained low at 4000kg ha-1 compared to the expected output of 8000kg ha-1 , which called for an investigation conceived to establish the effectiveness of the group extension methods used in training for high output. A crosssectional survey design was used. Interviews, questionnaires, observations and focused group...