ABSTRACT There is the general perception that the standard of English among students in Ghana at all levels of education is falling in recent times. Chief examiner’s reports received from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) from 2005 to 2016 have regularly indicated that most students in the senior high school who fail in English lack in-depth knowledge of the rudiments of the English language. Students’ lackadaisical attitude to the teaching and learning of the language may be...
ABSTRACT This study aims at assessing the effects of social media language (net language) on the formal writing of Mount Mary College of Education students. A total of 150 students made up of 60 males and 90 females who study English language and French were used for this research. The purposive sampling technique was used to select the respondents. The Initialism Theory which was modified by David Crystal was used as a framework for this study. Respondents‟ whatsapp screen shots, mark...
ABSTRACT This dissertation reports the findings on the effects of six briquette species on thesensory characteristics of smoked mackerel. Experimental design was assigned as the research design for this study. The population for the research were panellists from the UEW. Purposive sampling method was used to select 15 respondents for the study. Tables and figures were used to present the results of the study. Briquettes from six timber species, Triplochiton scleroxylon (Wawa), Ceiba pen...
ABSTRACT Basic education is supposed to lay the foundation for further education and training; to this end, it is necessary that it is of a high quality to achieve its purposes of preparing the young ones for further learning in the future and to equip them with relevant knowledge and skills to enable them function effectively in society. The study examined the impact of World Vision in the provision of basic education in the Talensi District in the upper East Region. The descriptive su...
ABSTRACT Media coverage of female politicians has been observed to portray women with gender frames that are negative. This study investigated the coverage of female parliamentary candidates in the 2016 election in Ghana. The Daily Graphic and the Ghanaian Times newspapers were analysed to determine the frequency of media coverage of female parliamentary candidates as well as prominence given by the media to female parliamentary candidates. The study also content analysed how the Daily Grap...
ABSTRACT Widowhood cultural practices in Africa in general and Ghana in particular has been subjected to criticisms the world over to the extent of describing it as dehumanizing, torturous, cruel and outmoded, and for that matter calling for its abolishing. This study aimed at finding out the nature and the effects of widowhood rites as practised among selected Akan communities in the Akuapem-South municipality on the widows who go through those rites. The sub-themes that guided the study w...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to evaluate compliance to food safety and the practice of good hygiene in selected hospitals in the capital city of Ghana. This study adopted the case study design. The researcher used both qualitative and quantitative research approach. The population for the study was three hundred and twenty (320). The population consisted of all hospital food handlers and supervisors in charge of the catering services in inpatient hospitals in the Trust h...
ABSTRACT This study sought to examine how the Nabdam traditional approach to conflict resolution using chiefs and elders protects and or abuses the human rights of disputants when they are employing it to resolve their interpersonal conflicts. The study was anchored on the social interpretivist/constructivist philosophical viewpoint and the qualitative research paradigm. The design was a case study and involved a sample of thirty (30) persons consisting of five (5) chiefs, ten (10) elders, a...
ABSTRACT English as a Second Language (ESL) writing is a challenge to most of the students in Ghanaian schools. This study was carried out to investigate the concord problems among students of Kintampo Senior High School. The purpose was to find out the nature and causes of these concord errors which involved subject-verb agreement in the way students use it especially in writing. The participants who took part in the study were form one General Arts and Home Science students of Kintampo Se...
ABSTRACT In this study, the researcher examined bullying as a human right abuse in selected second cycle institutions in the Birim Central Municipality. To achieve this goal, the following questions guided the study. That is, what are the lived experiences of victims of bullying in Secondary Schools in the Birim Central Municipality? What are the effects of bullying experiences in Senior High Schools? and to what extent does bullying constitutes a violation of the fundamental human rig...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to find out community perceptions of the causes of high rates of absenteeism and truancy, their prevention and early intervention strategies in Junior High schools in the Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipality. The objectives of the study were to determine community perceptions of the causes of high rates of absenteeism and truancy in Junior High schools, ascertain perceived dominant causes of high rates of absenteeism and truancy in Junior High schools and to e...
DWUMADZI YI N’ENYIDO Nhwehwɛmu yi fa kasasu a ͻwͻ Mfantse mpaayi ahorow mu ho. Nhwehwɛmu yi kͻr do wͻ Mfantseman mu, ͻyɛ Ekumfi Nanaben, Ekumfi Ebuakwa, Mankɛsemu, Asebu na Gomoa Asen. Menam nsɛmbisa do nye nwoma bi a enyimdzefo bi akyerɛw do nyaa mboano nsɛm no. Migyinaa mboano nsɛm no do dze yii nhwehwɛmu no ho nsɛmbisa no ano. Medze enyim na enyim nsɛmbisa, nwoma mu mpaayi horow ebiasa na dza ͻkͻr do wͻ eguabͻ horow ase boaboaa me mboanosɛm ano. Sɛ iyi da nkyɛn a,...
ABSTRACT The research set out to investigate the environmental attitude and behaviour of the Fisher Folks along the Winneba beach. The study was designed and conducted as descriptive survey. One hundred and fifty respondents were sampled. The results from the data collected and analyzed from the field showed that fisher folks along the beach of Winneba have moderate awareness about their environment. It was established that the coastal folks hold moderately positive attitude towards the...
MMOANO Nhwehwjmu yi botaej ne sj jbjhwehwj nkratoc akwanhodoc titire no, ahyjn ho ntwerjej a jwc Sehwi Wiawso mansini mu. Afei jbjhwj nkyerjasej ahodoc a ahyjnwuranom, ahyjnkafoc ne ahyjntiafoc de ma, mfomsoc a jwc ntwerjej no mu ne jmu nsiesie. Megyina kwalitetif akwankyerj so na jdii me dwuma no. Mefaa ahyjn ahanu (200) a wcn ho ntwerjej no yj Asante Twi ne Sehwi kasa. Afei mene nnipa ahanu aduonum- num (255) a wcn mu ahanu (200) yj ahyjnwuranom ne ahyjnkafoc, aduonum yj ahyjntiafoc na num...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the methods of teaching English Language in KNUST Basic schools in the Oforikrom Municipality. With the use of a descriptive research design, the study purposively sampled 70 English teachers of KNUST Basic School out of the 189 total teaching population. However, the response rate was 85.7% constituting 60 teachers. Using a quantitative approach, questionnaires in the form of likert type scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to stro...