Political Science and History Research Papers/Topics

Assessing Community Participation In Crime Control In The Wa Municipality Of The Upper West Region Of Ghana

ABSTRACT Crime remains a major challenge confronting societies, especially, urban communities which continue to experience influx of people with various criminal orientations. In maintaining safety in communities through crime control, the approaches hitherto in Ghana had been focusing on formal state institutions notably the Ghana Police Service to the neglect of community crime control actors. Apparently, there is a growing concern as to the need for community to participate in crime contr...

Implementing Gender Inclusive Educational Strategies In The Senior High Schools: Opportunities And Threats In The Berekum Municipality Of Ghana

ABSTRACT Investing in education that is gender inclusive is indispensable to economic empowerment of the people. Even though gender inclusive education is at the heart of international conventions and protocols, the desired quality is yet to be achieved. Consequently, the study seeks to investigate the implementation of gender inclusive educational strategies and practices in SHSs in the Berekum Municipality of Brong Ahafo Region. A convergence mixed method design was adopted for the study. ...

The Role And Responsibilities Of School Administrators On Curriculum Implementation In Basic Schools In The Wa Municipality

ABSTRACT The study sought to assess the role of head teachers in curriculum implementation in public basic schools in the Wa municipality with a view to finding out basic school administrators’ engagements in monitoring the implementation of curriculum. The objectives of the study were to examine how head teachers evaluate teachers to check teaching and learning standards, avail teaching and learning materials, motivate teachers and find out the communication channels put in place in schoo...

Cybercrime And Its Implications On Secondary Education In The Tamale Metropolis Of The Northern Region Of Ghana

ABSTRACT This research is about the study of cybercrime and its implications on secondary education in the Tamale metropolis. Cybercrime activities have several implications on the various facets of students’ academic career at the Senior High School level and hence the main objective of this study was to examine the implications of cybercrime on secondary education. Differential association and general strain theories anchor the study. The 120 participants (respondents) in the study were ...

Social Protection For Persons With Disabilities In The Nadowli-Kaleo District

ABSTRACT Social Protection provisioning for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Ghana is highly inadequate. Despite the passage of the Persons with Disability Act of 2006 (Act 715) to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [UNCRPD], PWDs in Ghana still face substantial barriers of entry into the workplace and for social and political participation. PWDs lack material supports; including health care, education and training, credit facilities and transp...

Social Protection And Vulnerability Reduction: An Assessment Of The Impact Of The Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme In The Lawra District

ABSTRACT Over the past decade, there has been a somewhat convergence in thinking regarding the contributions of cash transfers to social protection and vulnerability reduction. As a result, governments of most developing countries in Asia and Africa have begun embracing the idea of cash transfer through a rollout of various schemes all in a bid to address issues of poverty, vulnerability and social exclusion. This study analyses the contributions so far made by the Livelihood Empowerment Aga...

The Outcomes Of Female Adolescents’ Future Aspirations In A Patriarchal Society: A Study In The Wa Traditional Area In The Upper West Region Of Ghana

ABSTRACT The adolescent stage is a critical transition period in the human development cycle in which a person undergoes personal, physical, and psychological development which shapes his or her goal attainment in life. However, in a patriarchal society which is characterised by a preference for a male child and male dominance over a female, most female adolescents’ future aspirations are hindered. The study was conducted to explore the future aspirations of female adolescents, life experi...

NIGERIAS ROLE IN LIBERIA AND SIERRA-LEONE CRISIS

1.1              BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The Liberian conflict was the first to reveal the scale of governance deficits in African states. West Africa was home to many authoritarian regimes, which were shored up by superpower allies during the Cold War and which could no longer count on that support in a new dispensation (Kuna, 2013). Thus, it was possible to reveal the structural instability in many of these states where governance was characterized by patronage politics and...

NIGERIA PEACE KEEPING CONTRIBUTION

1.1              BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The Liberian conflict was the first to reveal the scale of governance deficits in African states. West Africa was home to many authoritarian regimes, which were shored up by superpower allies during the Cold War and which could no longer count on that support in a new dispensation (Kuna, 2013). Thus, it was possible to reveal the structural instability in many of these states where governance was characterized by patronage politics and...