ABSTRACT Supply chain management has been widely practiced in the manufacturing industry, but the construction industry as a relatively newcomer in the discipline. Construction projects are realized through a multitude of teams that supply essential services of one or another. Supply Chain Management (SCM) will thus have many benefits to construction stakeholders. The aim of this study was to explore supply chain management as a tool to minimising material waste in construction projects. The ...
ABSTRACT The study examines tutors’ and students’ utilization of ICT in the colleges of education in the Eastern Region of Ghana. In all, 257 respondents, made up of 176 students and 81 tutors, representing a retrieval rate of 95.2%, responded to the questionnaires with an alpha reliability of (0.759 for tutors and 0.712 for students) and this formed the sample of study. The study which was descriptive in nature employed the use of questionnaires for the collection of data. Frequencies we...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out parental acceptance in the education of their children with visual impairments among parents with children in the Akropong School for the Blind. The study employed a case study design. A sample of 50 respondents was drawn from the Akropong School for the Blind, comprising parents and their children with visual impairments in the junior high school using simple random and convenience sampling techniques. A self-developed interview schedule was ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out the guidance needs of Senior High School students in the Wassa Amenfi West and Wassa Amenfi East Districts of the Western Region of Ghana. The descriptive survey design was adopted.. Samples were drawn from the three public Senior High Schools in the two districts. Respondents were made up of 250 students and 25 teachers. Data for the study were obtained through questionnaire. The data collected were organized into tables. Frequencies and perc...
ABSTRACT The study sought to find out whether Kwabre District Senior High School students make rational choices of academic programmes in school. The population of the study was all students in the six Senior High Schools in Kwabre District. However, the Form 3 students were purposively sampled for the study. Stratified random sampling technique with proportional allocation was used to sample 331 Form 3 students from the various programmes in each school for the study. A self-made questionnai...
ABSTRACT The construction is one of the oldest industries in almost every nation. Its importance made it possible for undeveloped countries to rise up to becoming developed Countries. Lately, there have been an undesirable adherence to performance specification in most construction sites in most developing countries. This study seeks to reveal how best sustainable construction projects can be attained through performance specification. A cross – sectional and descriptive survey was used ide...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the occupational health and safety practices of wood workers at the wood processing industry in Sokoban Wood Village. The study assessed the safety practices of the wood workers as well as the safety gargets of machines and equipment used at the wood village. The researcher adopted a descriptive survey research design. This design was used to sample opinions of workers at the Sokoban wood village. Data was collected from 247 respondents at the wood village Kumasi ...
ABSTRACT .This study focused attention on how the human resource and staff is developed in the Suhum Kraboa Coaltar District. This is descriptive research of the survey type involving 301 participants, made up of 196 teachers, 67 heads and • 38 District Education Officials who were selected for the study. Questionnaire on human resource/staff'development was constructed and validated by the, researcher and were ,'administered on the 301 participants to answer the research questions raised f...
ABSTRACT The production and proliferation of the novel and its associated innovative modes of narration in the modern corpus of literature require critical appraisal especially with regard to narratological issues. Crucial is the concern for the function of and the indispensable role of narratological time in narratives. This study explores Time with its complexity in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Weep Not, Child. As its theoretical framework, the research ap...
ABSTRACT The research work was on teachers' perception of the effectiveness of the administrative behaviours of their heads. The study sought to investigate the perception that teachers had on the behaviour of their heads as the heads carried out their administrative functions. The research questions fonnulated were based on the administrative functions of heads which included planning, organizing, cocoordinating, staffing and directing. It also considered the relationships that existed betwe...
ABSTRACT Drama is artistic when it depicts life. It deals with man's experience which is the raw material for the playwright who is above all else a member of his particular society. He absorbs the culture of his society, takes in the language, observes the environment, discovers its idiosyncrasies and tries to reproduce them in his writings, especially in a format that connects with the aesthetic and social values of his audience. Mohammed ben-Abdallah is one Ghanaian dramatist who has devel...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the determinants of basic school pupils’ low performance in English composition in Junior High Schools within the Agona East District. The objectives were to identify the factors contributing to low academic performance of the pupils in English composition, to examine how these factors contributes to low academic performance of the pupils in English composition, to examine teachers’ instructional strategies and their effect on the pupils...
ABSTRACT The study was on the participation of communities in the provision of quality basic education in the Lawra District of the Upper West Region. The study assessed the contribution communities make towards basic education delivery. Sensitization of community members towards development of the school was an area of concern. The perception on the impact of community participation in bringing quality basic education to the district was also looked at. The population covered GES personnel a...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to interview ministers of the gospel to ascertain their counselling needs as well as the coping mechanisms implemented to mediate the stressors in their personal and professional lives. There is limited academic research provided through the lens of seasoned clergy which reveals their counselling needs related to sustaining ministry. The design for this study was a descriptive analytical survey. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were employed in ...
ABSTRACT Human trafficking, a social menace that involves the recruitment, transfer and harbouring of persons is a fast growing organised crime globally with Nigeria stigmatized as a country of origin, transit and destination. Regardless of efforts towards stemming the tide of human trafficking, the menace still persists possibly due to low knowledge of and insensitivity to the consequences of the practice among Nigerians. Literatures have shown that Community-based participatory education p...