ABSTRACT Successive governments in Ghana have pursued numerous public sector compensation reform programmes with the object of attracting and retaining a high calibre of trained professionals capable of rendering quality service in the public sector. In spite of the laudable goal, teachers in the country’s public service continue to search for greener economic pastures and as and when they find the opportunity elsewhere, they quit the profession, thus raising attrition of teachers. The stud...
ABSTRACT This research is a case study in Asuom Senior High School in the Kwaebibirem Municipality, Eastern Region. The objective of this study was to identify the role of learning prose in the written compositions of first year students in ASEC. It also sought to see the impact of the literature-based approach in the composition writings of students. To achieve this, the researcher employed the qualitative design and the instruments used to collect data were; interviews, lesson observations,...
ABSTRACT The study examined the view of people including the girl-child, parents and teachers on the enrolment and retention of the girl-child on school at the basic level, in GaWest Municipality. It considered the socio- economic characteristics of the girl-child that affect her education and other factors that motivates or de- motivates the girlchild to study in school. Qualitative research approach was employed, utilizing phenomenological design. Samples were drawn from the Amasaman circui...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between supervision and job performance among junior staff of University of Cape Coast, Ghana. A sample size of 400 clerical and non clerical staff from University of Cape Coast was used for the study. Proportionate stratification was used in selecting the 400 junior staff from a population of 3,070 from all the colleges and administration of the university. The mixed methods (Concurrent Embedded Design) was adapted and used in...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the parental attitude towards female-child education at the Central Circuit Sampa. Mixed method approach was used for this study. The target population for the study comprised teachers, pupils and parents in Junior High Schools at the Central Circuit Sampa. Respondents were 240 consisted 30 teachers, 190 students and 20 parents. Descriptive statistics involving the use of frequency, percentages and pie chart were used to present the data. The ...
This research was designed to help basic three pupils of Kperiga D /A Primary School in the West Mamprusi Municipality-Walewale through the use of phonemes to improve upon their word recognition and spelling skills. The qualitative research design was used to guide the study. The sample size was made up of forty-eight (48) pupils. Pretest and post-test were used together with intervention activities to collect data for this research. After the intervention it was found that pupils exhibited h...
ABSTRACT Although Electronic Information Resources (EIR) have become an important part of research and learning in Universities, a growing body of literature suggests that its utilisation amongst students in especially developing countries tends to be low. It follows therefore that any evidence-based research that seeks to unravel the factors that drive this unresponsive behaviour towards EIR usage especially in private universities is of high demand. The main objective of this study was to f...
ABSTRACT The study on Adolescent Sexuality, Contraceptive Use and Reproductive Health was undertaken as part of the ongoing effort at understanding some o f the problems that confront adolescents in Ghana, With a general objective o f examining the magnitude of reproductive health-related problems pertaining to adolescent sexuality and contraceptive use, the study used a sample of 1,828 female adolescents aged 12-24 years (1,503 from Cape Coast and 325 from Mankrong) in the Central Region of ...
ABSTRACT The attacks of September 11 2001 on the United States triggered that country’s enormous efforts to counterterrorism in order to prevent the re-occurrence of that event on the soil of the United States. President George Bush Jr. responded to the attacks by excessive application of hard power with the objective of bringing the perpetrators to justice. President Obama coming into office in 2009 promised a departure from the United States excessive reliance on hard power application in...
ABSTRACT This dissertation looks at the beliefs and practices on death and the hereafter from the cultural context of the Dagaaba in northwestern Ghana and how these concepts helped them to be fully engaged in the ‘here and now’ because they were motivated to do their optimum. The Dagaaba, perceive life, death and the hereafter, as being solemnized and is socially, morally, religiously and materially integrated in the community. Therefore, beliefs and practices on death and the hereafter ...
ABSTRACT The literature has shown that fertility desires are an important indicator that can help us understand and predict the future course of fertility; however, little work has been done on its relationship to ethnicity among women in Ghana using recent nationally representative data. Therefore, this study investigates the relationship between ethnicity and fertility desires among two groups of parous women in Ghana. It critically examines the fertility desires (the desire for an addition...
ABSTRACT Research on information seeking behavior of the visually challenged students was carried out in University of Ghana, Legon and University of Education, Winneba to investigate whether the services provided by those universities accommodated the information seeking behavior of visually challenged students or not. The theoretical framework for the study was Wilson’s (1999) Information Behaviour Model. The survey method was used to collect data and 80 copies of a questionnaire were dis...
ABSTRACT Information Communication Technology (ICT) has become an important result oriented tool for organizations across the world in this 21st Century. For this reason, institutions are constantly delving into some of the creative ways by which they can use ICT to increase productivity. The purpose of this research centers on the digitization of the Collections of the Ghana National Museum, Accra. The researcher visited the British Museum, the Wallace Collection and the Black Cultural Archi...
ABSTRACT Despite the huge investments made by libraries into building their collections, studies have shown that these collections remain underutilized. This situation, coupled with declining library budgets, as well as growing competition between libraries and other information providers, has compelled libraries to adopt effective marketing approaches in order to continually remain visible and relevant. The adoption of marketing in libraries has been found to bring about numerous benefits to...
ABSTRACT In an effort to ensure universal access to basic human rights, essential social facilities such as healthcare, education, justice systems and financial institutions, and the planning of an overall development agenda, there is the need to provide official documentation of legal identity for all persons. Identity registration through birth registration and certification is regarded as the first document that serves as a form of legal identity for individuals at birth. As states in the ...