ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine how the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has impacted on pupil’s academic performance, enrolment, attendance and retention of children in some basic schools in the New Juaben Municipality. Descriptive research design was used for the study. The study applied quantitative research approach. The study was conducted in the New Juaben Municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The target population includes Head teachers, teachers and pu...
ABSTRACT The safety of meat on the Ghanaian market, particularly those slaughtered locally, has been a source of concern over the years. Butchers slaughter animals on the bare ground and singe the fur with lorry tyres which is an unpleasant scene observed in James Town and other areas in Accra and its surrounding communities. The research design was mainly a mixture of both quantitative and qualitative descriptive study which covered a sample of 170 respondents. Multistage sampling was used ...
ABSTRACT Each election year and in almost every local and institutional elections, the issue of vote buying surfaces. Vote buying has almost become part of every election in Ghana. While the menace is on the increase, it is unclear whether votes bought translate into votes for the buyer or the buying party. This work sought to investigate whether the incentives given to voters affect voters’ decisions at the polls. It also looks at whether Ghanaians are conversant with the laws and legisla...
ABSTRACT Films are a form of entertainment that reflects everyday lives, which often accentuates on romance, humour, invectives and violent elements. The Kumawood films which is an Akan language movies are premised on these elements. Some scholars have argued that the Akan language movies are sub-standard and full of invectives and violence. This study therefore examines the delineations of invectives and violence in Kumawood movies using the qualitative approach and scrutinizes the elements...
ABSTRACT Journalism practice is experiencing several changes in its operations. Scholars have studied and attributed these changes to media convergence due to digitisation. However, in Ghana, media convergence studies are scant. This study, therefore, explores the practice of media convergence in Ghana using Kessben Media as a case study. It examines the model of newsroom convergence practised at Kessben Media; investigates the motivation for the practice of newsroom convergence at Kessben ...
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 poor performance of students of Walewale Presbyterian Junior High School in concord and English in general has become enormous and hence a source of worry to parents, teachers and the general public. In this perspective, the main aim of this research work is to establish the reasons for the poor performance of students in the three areas of concord. In this study, qualitative research approach was used. Traditional grammar theory was used as a framework which provided the b...
ABSTRACT It is certain that parental involvement in their wards’ academic performance is of essence because it has an influence on the education of their children. In line with this, the study sought to assess the effect of parental involvement on students’ academic performance at Patasi MA JHS. In particular, the study to investigate parents’ perception, about their children’s academic performance, explored the barriers of parent involvement in students’ academic performance,...
ABSTRACT This research investigates reading difficulties associated with pupils at the JHS level taking New-Longoro Methodist JHS in the Kintampo North municipality as a case study. Some of the reading difficulties featured in pupils reading were poor pronunciations, extremely slow reading pace leading to no fluency in their reading performance. The study also explores possible ways of improving reading skills of students especially those at the JHS level. The researcher tried the USSR+DE re...
ABSTRACT The ability to communicate competently in writing is a major facet of language development and academic success among university students. However, students are not able to write academic essays appropriately as stated in related literature (Adika, 2010). The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of communication skills and academic writing as a required course on undergraduate students’ writing in University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani. The objectives...
ABSTRACT This study examined the media coverage of women leaders in political and non-political spaces. The study identified the frames used in news coverage and the degree to which the representations reinforce the theoretical assumptions that the media engage in symbolic annihilation in representing women leaders. Again, the study sought to discover the reason behind the frames from the perspective of the journalist. The research also analysed the perceptions of the women leaders towards ...
ABSTRACT This thesis is a literary analysis of fourteen Gonja dirges using descriptive theory as an analytical tool. The Gonja people are the speakers of Ngbanyato, a Kwa language spoken by about 500,000 people in the newly created Savannah regionand other regions of Ghana. The data used for this study was taken from a collection of dirges recorded on funeral grounds from Busunu in the West Gonja district of the Savannah region. Some dirges were also taken from Amidu (2013) (lecture notes...
ABSTRACT Globally, education has been recognised as a human right since the adoption of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights in 1948. It has since been affirmed in numerous global human rights treaties, instruments, and documents including the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Conventions against Discrimination in Education, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (UNESCO & UNICEF, 2007). The Topic- Newspaper Repor...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was the perception of teacher training and development on Senior High School teacher’s job performance in the Sekyere Central District of Ashanti Region and to also explore other means of improving the training and development programmes for the Senior High School teachers in the District. Descriptive research design using quantitative approach was used for the study. Purposive and simple random techno specifically the lottery method were used for the...
ABSTRACT Several studies have been carried out to discern the relationship between leadership styles of heads of second cycle institution and teacher motivation to perform but such studies have not been carried out on a large scale in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. This study therefore sought to investigate the leadership style used by the Heads of second cycle institutions in the Ashanti Region of Ghana and whether the leadership styles adopted motivates teachers to perform satisfactorily. S...