ABSTRACT This study examined afforestation in Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District (AEED). The study was cross-sectional as well as descriptive and made use of interview schedules and questionnaire to collect data. The simple random, quota and systematic sampling techniques were used for household respondents, while the purposive and simple random techniques were employed in getting responses from departmental heads and tree growers respectively. Questionnaires, interviews, focus group discussion an...
ABSTRACT Girls lag behind boys at all levels of fonnal education in Ghana. Enrolment, retention, and transition and achievement rates for girls are always lower than that of boys. This means that even many of the girls who are enrolled in school do not complete Junior Secondary School. There is the strong belief that negative parental attitude must be blamed for the low level education of girls. The purpose of the study was, therefore, to examine current parental attitude towards the educatio...
ABSTRACT The study sought to assess the effect of motivation on the performance of Ghana Armed Forces schools and selected public schools in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis. Four research questions were posed to guide the study. The descriptive survey design was used. All basic schools in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis constituted the accessible population. However, only six public schools and six armed forces schools were involved in the study. A total of 177 respondents, comprising 12 head...
ABSTRACT The Northern Region is witnessing protracted and relapsed conflicts and attempts at restoring enduring peace, largely, through Western models, particularly, the formal court system, have not been successful. This study analyses conflicts and conflict management mechanisms in the Northern Region of Ghana towards a comprehensive and sustainable management of the conflicts. The study is purely qualitative, employing the multiple case study design. Sixty-two participants were, purposivel...
Abstract Evaluation has been recognised as having the potential to contribute to the effectiveness of development interventions. Using a mixed method approach involving surveys and Q Methodology, the study examines evaluation processes and evaluation use particularly process use in evaluations in Northern Ghana; a zone in which the framework for monitoring and evaluation of development interventions developed by the National Development Planning Commission has been piloted. Evaluation capac...
ABSTRACT This study aimed to examine the issue of job stress and its effect on some ‘human components’ of HRD (general health, wellbeing, capabilities and cognitive capacity). The study adopted a descriptive research design, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methods. Target population comprised staff of the College of Distance Education, University of Cape Coast. The census approach was used to include all the 223 staff at the College in the study. Data collection was done thro...
Abstract Demand Responsive Approach (DRA), adopted as a policy for rural water delivery in Ghana, is an attempt within a decentralized programme to improve the efficiency of service supply and also to make users take key decisions about the service they want and are willing and able to pay for. This study was conducted in communities where the DRA had been applied under the National Community Water and Sanitation Programme (NCWSP) in the Shai-Osudoku District of Ghana. The aim was to examine ...
ABSTRACT The study investigates the attitudes of the public, workers towards persons with disability in the Tema and Accra municipality and metropolis respectively. The study employed a cross-sectional study design to interview one hundred and fifty three respondents made of fifty three Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and one hundred able workers or Non Persons with Disabilities (NPWDs). The one hundred NPWDs were interviewed to collect views on their attitude towards fellow workers who are ...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to examine the bullying of the male-child in selected senior high schools in Ghana. The descriptive and exploratory research designs were used for the study. A multi-stage sampling procedure, comprising purposive, stratified, simple random and snowball sampling technique, was used in the selection of the sample. A total of 354 respondents were drawn from six schools in Kumasi, Cape Coast and Tamale. Three interview schedules were generated for th...
ABSTRACT The goal of all development is to help people attain high quality of life. People living in rural areas need more attention in the realisation of this goal because they are more disadvantaged. The socio-economic development approach, which is the major approach to development and driven by modernisation, overlooks other important factors of quality of life. From the literature, integrative quality of life (IQOL) theory addresses these challenges when adopted in project planning. Th...
ABSTRACT This study examined the challenges that the various refugees institutions, organizations, and allied bodies or agencies face in the implementations of durable solutions for refugees in the country. The purposive and accidental sampling techniques were used to select 65 respondents from UNHCR Ghana, Ghana Refugee Board, International Organization for Migration as well as Krisan/ Sanzule/Ekwei, and Budumburam refugee camps. The main instruments used for data collection were interview...
ABSTRACT Sexual and reproductive health is fundamental to the development of human capital. However, early age at sexuality exposes adolescents to the health risk of early pregnancy and childbearing, sexually transmitted infections, unsafe abortions, lost of socio-economic benefits and thereby affecting the realization of their human capital potentials. Descriptive cross-sectional design, questionnaire and interview schedules were the methods employed in data collection. Probability and non-p...
ABSTRACT Chieftaincy is one of the oldest and most cherished of Ghana’s traditional institutions which interpret our indigenous system of governance as it has evolved through centuries. Chiefs, through cultural activities like festivals are seen as agents of development. However, this colourful and vibrant part of our culture is fraught with long standing chieftaincy disputes in many parts of the country. The chiefs and people of Winneba have had their fair share of conflicting encounters...
ABSTRACT In Ghana, a number of conflicts have assumed protracted nature. Most of these conflicts have been handled by state and civil society organizations with various conflict resolution mechanisms. However, these conflicts have been reoccurring over time which leaves one to question the effectiveness of the resolution mechanisms employed to resolve the conflicts. This study therefore sought to assess the effectiveness of conflict resolution mechanisms used by National Peace Council in re...
ABSTRACT The study examined the relations between CSOs and government institutions in the management of mining-related conflicts in the Asutifi North District of Ghana. The qualitative research approach was adopted for the study. Through the purposive sampling procedure, key respondents from government institutions, CSOs and individual members of the district were interviewed. Although the Asutifi North District was relatively peaceful before the arrival of Newmont Gold Ghana Limited (NGGL),...