ABSTRACT The poor performance of students of SDA Senior High School in English language has been a source of worry to many people because other subjects they study have also been affected too. The most disturbing aspect of the problem is the students’ inability to use the language to communicate effectively both in speaking and in writing. Their sentences are full of concord errors. This has been attributed to their negative attitudes towards the L2 as most of the students feel comfortable ...
ABSTRACT Reading is one of the basic skills that children should master during their first school year to be able to assimulate new knowledge and skills in future.This case study was undertaken to investigate the reading difficulties among JHS pupils of Konongo M/A. The study also aimed at suggesting appropriate stratagies to enable pupils to be competent readers. The study particularly attempted to find out the causes and effects of reading difficulties. The study was conducted on 20 sampled...
ABSTRACT Literature in general, just as the other art forms, opens a window into the cultural characteristics of a society. A culture of a particular group is established linguistically through narrative exchange that determines the relevance of belief systems which hold the people together (Finnegan 1970). To understand a culture, particularly one in which orality is still a predominant form of recording history and phenomena, one requires some acquaintance with its oral forms (Nwachuku-Agba...
ABSTRACT One can not dispute the fact that AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) has contributed to the development of Sanso community. Nevertheless, its activities in the community have been a source of worry and at times have caused clashes between AGA security guards and the people of Sanso especially the youth. The study was all about finding the factors that fuel conflicts between AGA and the people of Sanso, knowing the effects of such conflicts on AGA and Sanso, finding out whether AGA has implement...
ABSTRACT The Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana (EPCG) experienced a number of conflicts and divisions from 1942 to 1991. Among them, the schism on the 8th June, 1991 is considered the greatest. After twenty-four years, the effect of this split still persists. The study therefore investigates the effects of the 1991 schism on the EPCG, within the period of 1992 – 2015. It examines the consequences of the Schism from EPCG perspective, highlighting both the challenges and the potentialiti...
ABSTRACT Some journalists in Ghana expect their sources to pay or reward them for covering a programme especially when they are invited by the organiser(s) of the programme. Similarly, PR practitioners are cited as being among the top three sources that perpetuate brown envelope journalism (Soli) in their dealings with journalists. The practice, thus, appears to have become a norm among event organisers (often PR practitioners) and journalists (reporters) without recourse to the ethical impli...
ABSTRACT Over the years, the language of instruction in Ghanaian schools has been English. Thus, performance in English determines students‟ performance in other subjects since English is the language of instruction in schools. Performance is completion of a task with application of knowledge, skills and abilities. This study sought to investigate factors influencing performance in English in four Senior High Schools in the Ketu South District of the Volta Region. The study investigated the...
ABSTRACT The study focused on teachers in the Dunkwa Senior High Technical School in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality. The main study was to identify the leadership styles and the relationships with teacher performance. The specific objectives were to explore the factors that influence leadership styles, the effects on teacher motivations, to examine the performance of teachers. The mixed methods of research were used as the research design where the data was analysed qualitatively and qu...
ABSTRACT It has been observed that some Ghanaians try to speak English with a foreign accent which they have locally acquired. This phenomenon, a Locally Acquired Foreign Accent (LAFA), is acknowledged to be gradually penetrating the English repertoire of some educated Ghanaians. The phenomenon is youth related. This lately acquired accent is observed to be developing due to the influence of some media institutions, especially the electronic media. This comes about through their entertainment...
ABSTRACT The study examined the utilisation of information communication technology in the training and education of students with visual impairment in tertiary institutions in Ghana. The study employed the cross-sectional descriptive survey design using questionnaire for data collection to provide answers to the research questions. The study population included resource persons and all students with visual impairment across three Public Universities in Ghana namely: University of Cape Coast...
ABSTRACT The study examined the utilisation of information communication technology in the training and education of students with visual impairment in tertiary institutions in Ghana. The study employed the cross-sectional descriptive survey design using questionnaire for data collection to provide answers to the research questions. The study population included resource persons and all students with visual impairment across three Public Universities in Ghana namely: University of Cape Coast...
ABSTRACT Meeting the unmet need for family planning is on the agenda of the international community as well as national governments because of its importance in reducing the incidences of unwanted pregnancy, unsafe abortion and associated maternal mortality. The study was a descriptive cross-sectional survey aimed at investigating the determinants of unmet need for family planning among young women (15-24 years) in Ghana. Utilising secondary data from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Su...
ABSTRACT The contemporary international system is characterised by a heightened tendency of state units to gravitate towards some degree of integration. Regionalism is gradually being inextricably linked to economic development. The establishment of the European Economic Community in 1957 has resulted in the mushrooming of cooperative arrangements the world over including the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA), the Association of South-Asian Nations and the Caribbean Free Trade Assoc...
ABSTRACT The Purpose of the study was to find out the extent to which Teachers are aware of Ghana Education Service policy banning corporal punishment and the reasons why corporal punishment persists in schools in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality. The study was a Cross-Sectional Survey, which used descriptive survey (structured questionnaire) to gather the data from 340 respondents (100 teachers and 240 students). Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the results. The results of the study...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and consequences of violence directed at teachers in Senior High Schools in the Wa Municipality. The study adopted an applied research using a cross-sectional survey design. Primary data were collected from a cross-section of teachers in the Wa Municipality. Seventy-seven (77) teachers across different schools were contacted and their ideas used for this survey. The total population of teachers in the selected municipal sch...