ABSTRACT The disabled constitute 10% of the total population of the Central Region. Since the introduction of tourism in the region, only a few of them tlllve participated fully in the industry. In the Cape Coast municipality, for instance, apart from traditional dances and cultural performances that are put up at the castle and at durbar grounds by the deaf, little is heard of the disabled in the town. Using data from a survey involving 145 respondents some disabled and others without disabi...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of the study was to assess the impact of Plan Ghana’s Microfinance Scheme on the livelihoods of female beneficiaries in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana. The study specifically analysed the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of female beneficiaries, and how loan from Plan Ghana’s Microfinance Scheme helped them to meet their health, education, personal and social, political and economic requirements. A descriptive surv...
ABSTRACT Translation has been with human interaction from the time of creation. Scholars have found it necessary to set up frameworks for the regulation of translation due to variation and the peculiarities of languages. The study examines and analyzes the problems that may be encountered in the process of translating collocations. The source text is a legal document. Chapter one looks at the history of translation and the process of organization of translation as a field of study. The implic...
ABSTRACT This research was conducted to explore Social Studies teachers’ use of the integrated approach in their teaching in senior high schools in the Kumasi Metropolis. A case study design with qualitative methodology was adopted for the study. A sample size of 20 was purposively sampled. The data was gathered using interview and observation guide. Template analysis was used to analyse the data qualitatively. The results of the study indicated that in most cases, Social Studies teachers ...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to find out the perceptions textiles teachers and students have about Textiles, and how these perceptions influence the teaching and learning of the subject. Using the mixed methods approach (questionnaires and group interviews), the study sampled 30 Textiles teachers and 225 Textiles students offering the Visual Arts programme in 16 schools from four districts in the Ashanti region of Ghana. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson’...
ABSTRACT In this contemporary and complex world youth face all kinds of problems and challenges, especially with moral issues. The youth of Awutu Efutu Community are no exception. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to draw attention to the moral challenges that youth in the Awutu Efutu Community face. The researcher therefore identified the causes of indiscipline among the youth of the Awutu-Efutu traditional community. Evaluation of the role of traditional moral values was made and tr...
ABSTRACT This thesis is an examination of epistemic injustice and how it legitimizes feminist epistemology. The argument is that the prevalence of epistemic injustice in mainstream epistemology has a positive implication for the legitimization of feminist epistemology as a sub-field of study. Epistemology, conventionally, has been construed as a discipline that deals with inquiries about knowledge devoid of social dimensions. These scholars hold the view that political power and other social ...
ABSTRACT End-stage renal disease, which is a public health problem that tends to take dimensions of an epidemic, is now prevalent in Ghana. The treatment modality available in Ghana for ESRD is haemodialysis. However, haemodialysis is both lifesaving and life altering. As such, ESRD and its treatment create turmoil that affects all aspects of a patient‟s life. This study, therefore, aimed at evaluating the correlation between psychosocial factors and health-related quality of life of haemod...
ABSTRACT Leadership at the various levels of education is considered as a critical input in the academic achievement of students. Hence, stakeholders in education always endervour to appoint or recruit the right people with effective leadership skills as headteachers to manage their educational institutions. This study therefore investigated the effects of headteachers’ choice of leadership styles on pupils’ academic performance in BECE in the Asuogyaman District of Education in the Easte...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the influence of employee relations on productivity of selected publishing firms in Accra Metropolis. Using the noninterventional quantitative research design, correlational study design, and multi-stage sampling method (lottery techniques, census method); structured questionnaires were administered to 135 regular staffs of six selected publishing firms in the Accra Metropolis. However, 125 questionnaires were valid and usable for the purposes of data analysis...
ABSTRACT Mining companies in Ghana receive criticism from inter alia the media, civil society organizations, Governments and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for not properly responding to the challenge of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to compensate for the negative effects of their activities in host communities. Although some mining companies plan and prosecute CSR policies and projects to improve their public image and increase economic opportunities and improve social welfare...
ABSTRACT The study sets out to determine the influence of organisational support on employee performance at La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The three main specific objectives were to ascertain the extent to which job condition as an organisational support dimension influences employee performance, to establish the extent to which organisational justice as an organisational support dimension influences employee performance and finally to determine the e...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine how students at the University of Education, Winneba perceive Talking Point, a talk show programme on Ghana Television (GTV). Factors that motivate students at University of Education, Winneba to watch Talking Point; students’ perception of Talking Point host, guests, and topics; and how Talking Point affects the students were all investigated. Participants for the study were twenty-five students who had been selected using the purposive an...
ABSTRACT The risk of food getting contaminated depends largely on the health status of the food handlers, their personal hygiene, knowledge and practice of food hygiene. To this effect the aim of the study was to evaluate the hygienic knowledge and practices between urban and rural food vendors at lorry parks. The objectives of the study is to evaluate the hygienic knowledge level of food vendors at the lorry parks, assess the level of hygienic practices among food vendors at the lorry park...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the extent to which INSET programmes organised for SHS teachers in the Kumasi Metropolis enhanced their performance. It specifically investigated the needs assessment that goes into the organisation of INSET, the impact of INSET on teacher performance, identified the feedback and evaluation programmes that are used to assess teachers after INSET and the challenges in organising and evaluating INSET. A mixed method approach using descriptive survey and interview w...