ABSTRACT This study investigated how the Ewe language realizes cohesion in comparison with English. The study also sought to find out the extent to which either language in question interferes with the other in the use of cohesive devices among coordinate bilinguals, specifically Ghanaian undergraduate students reading Ewe as a major course of study. The findings revealed that both English and Ewe realize cohesion almost the same way, that is, by means of reference, substitution, ellipsis, co...
ABSTRACT This study examined time management on academic performance in Yikrosec – Somanya. The survey covered Yilo Krobo Senior High School (Yikrosec). The study population comprised one thousand five hundred and forty (1540) students and seventy (70) Teaching staff. Therefore the population was one thousand, six hundred and ten (1610). Simple random sampling, stratified sampling and purposive sampling methods were used to select respondents for the study. Responses were gathered from 237 ...
ABSTRACT This study examined effectiveness and efficiency of the internal control system and its practices at the Akatsi District Assembly (ADA). The assessment considered the extent to which control environment consistent with policies at the ADA, how risks are assessed, and the extent to which the accounting systems are consistent to required standards, the extent to control procedures are adhered to, and monitoring and control mechanisms at the Akatsi District Assembly. Descriptive researc...
ABSTRACT Tourism which has been described by some tourism scholars as multifaceted industry, generating huge revenue for various governments may impact positively or negatively on socio-cultural, economic and environmental segments of local tourism communities or destinations. The study assessed local residents` perception of tourism impact on socio-cultural and economic activities and the environment in communities surrounding Ankasa Conservation Area. Though, there are many factors which in...
ABSTRACT Literature has proved that the sustainability of a country‘s tourism industry is based on domestic tourism as against international tourism which is sensitive to political instability, natural disasters and diseases. The objective of the study was to examine the characteristics and the motivations of domestic tourists to Nzulezo. The methodology employed for the study includes the quantitative method of data collection which is based on the positivist research paradigm. Questionnai...
ABSTRACT Before the introduction of conventional midwifery, Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) or indigenous midwives were the only maternal healthcare providers. With the introduction of conventional midwifery came the introduction of policies to scrutinize the practices of TBAs. These policies depicted efforts to ban TBAs and eradicate the reliance of pregnant women on TBAs. No research has explored policies affecting TBAs and how they affected their status as the original providers of mat...
ABSTRACT A lot of individuals are joining credit unions because of its advantages over the formal banking sector and other microfinance institutions. This study primarily sought to identify and examine the corporate governance systems and financial performance of the University of Ghana (UG) credit union. More specifically to identify the corporate governance systems in place, examine the risk management structures, and examine the financial performance of the credit union over the last decad...
ABSTRACT The quality of an educational system in Ghana highly depends on effective teaching and learning strategies adopted by teachers and students. Ghana cannot develop without adequate and sound educational performance through effective teaching and learning. This study sought to explore the teaching styles of history teachers and ascertain whether they match with students’ learning styles in Senior High Schools (SHS) in the Kumasi Metropolis. The study utilized the cross-sectional...
ABSTRACT The study explored quality education in public basic schools. A descriptive mixed research design using sequential explanatory strategy was employed to investigate all aspects and facts about quality education in public basic school level. The target population for this study was all heads and teachers in public basic schools in the Sekyere Kumawu District. Twenty-two (22) public basic schools in the study area were selected with a sample size of one hundred and eighty-seven...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to explore the perceived impact of the head teachers’ leadership style on the performance of public basic schools in the Sene West District of the Brong Ahafo Region. The objectives of the study were to find out the leadership styles of head teachers in public basic schools in the Sene West District, ascertain the perceived impact of leadership style of head teachers on teachers’ commitment and to determine the perceived effect of the leadership sty...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted in the Ashanti Mampong Municipality. It investigated discrimination against women and/or abuse of women in churches through doctrines and practices by mainline (orthodox) and non-orthodox (Pentecostal and African indigenous) churches. This was a mixed-method sequential explanatory design which employed the phenomenological approach. Hundred (100) respondents comprising the clergy and laity were sampled via simple random, and proportional stratified sampling ...
ABSTRACT The survival of every educational institution largely depends on its effects to supervise activities in the school to ensure efficiency in administration. The study was motivated by the desire to explore factors that influence effective supervision in junior high schools and to identify strategies that could help to manage the challenges. It points out the fact that supervision was targeted at providing assistance to teachers and also meeting quality demand in education. The a...
ABSTRACT Evidence submits that journalists and other media workers are faced with threats and brutalities due to the nature of their job. The problem is recurring due to the impunity of crimes against journalists. This study seeks to ascertain whether this assertion is true in the Ghanaian context using Multimedia Group Ltd as a case study. The study aimed at investigating the types of acts of physical insecurity journalists at Multimedia often experience, the perpetrators of the acts, su...
ABSTRACT This study seeks to highlight the various kinds of gender issues portrayed in the telenovela Saraswatichandra and the reception of these issues among viewers in Accra using qualitative content analysis. The purposive sampling technique was used to select 30 respondents. Data was collected using document analysis, interviews and focused group discussions and anchored on the gender theory as well as social constructionism theory. It probes further on how the viewership reception eithe...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to identify factors that are responsible for the academic performance of pupils in Abirem R/C Junior High School at Abirem in Kwabre- East Municipal. Based on this, a descriptive survey design was used to study 150 respondents comprising of 60 pupils, 30 teachers and 60 parents selected through systematic sampling technique. Separate questionnaires were designed for each category of respondents to collect data pertaining to factors influencing aca...