ABSTRACT The study examined school drop-out among pupils at the Basic Education level in Songor Ramsar Site in the Dangme East District of the Greater Accra Region. The schools in this area were found in settlements called Wekumagbe, Akplabanya, Anyamam, Goi, and Lolonya. A survey was carried out using a combination of cluster, purposive, snowball and simple random sampling techniques. A sample of 110 respondents was selected from Akplabanya and Anyamam Basic Schools. The Study revealed tha...
ABSTRACT The study sought to assess the knowledge, attitude, and acceptability of cesarean section (CS) among pregnant women in the Cape Coast Metropolis (CCM). Descriptive cross sectional study design was employed in the study. The study population was pregnant women in the CCM. A sample size of 384 participants were involved in the study. The study was a facility-based study, and accidental sampling technique was used to sample respondents from the health facilities in the CCM. A researche...
ABSTRACT The study sought to identify the determinants of career indecision among senior high school students in Ghana. This study employed the descriptive survey design. Data were collected using a four-point Likert-type scale questionnaire. Data analysis and presentation of results were done using Mean, Standard Deviation, Independent Samples t-test, Analysis of Variance and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The study revealed that lack of career information, self-knowledge, decision-ma...
ABSTRACT Effective management of official time has been identified as an important resource to increase productivity in schools. One of the problems facing heads in administering schools is how to manage time to improve quality teaching and learning. The purpose of the study was to examine whether work behaviors, years of experience and amount of training in time Senior Secondary Schools in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Stratified random sampling was used in selecting the districts so that th...
ABSTRACT In the wake of the 21st century, education has more than ever been the number one agenda on the minds of both developed and developing nations. In the developing world, there are a number of issues such as funds and access to quality education militating against quality education. There are these family and cultural issues which are also playing their subtle militating roles which have not been easy to tackle. This research focuses on the factors that contribute to the breakdown of ...
ABSTRACT The development of every nation is contingent on the quality of educational system in place. The study was conducted to find out the supervisory practices of public JHS and private JHS of Cape Coast Metropolis. The sample of the study consisted of 606 respondents. Simple random and stratified sampling procedures were used to select the respondents. Four research questions were formulated to guide the study. Documentary evidence, interview guide and questionnaire were the research in...
ABSTRACT Current research has shown varied results when comparing the effects of energy drink on anaerobic exercise measures. Athletes in Ghana have been using energy drink over the time but hardly has any research been conducted on the effect this pre exercise consumption has on their physical performance. The purpose of this study was to find out the short term effects of energy drink on some blood pressure, heart rate, agility, lower body strength and upper body strength of athletes of th...
ABSTRACT This study explored the effect of ICT integration in teaching Mathematics on students’ motivation and achievement in endowed and less endowed Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the Gomoa West district of the central region. The study employed the embedded mixed method approach involving quasi-experimental design in which three SHSs (one endowed and two less endowed) were purposively selected and assigned as control and experimental groups. A sample of 120 students and 4 Mathematics te...
ABSTRACT The study focused on finding out the provisions teachers make for pupils with special educational needs in three selected inclusive pilot basic schools at Pokuase in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The study employed the descriptive survey design. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select the sample size of 112 respondents. Descriptive statistical method was used to analyse questionnaire data for the study. Data from the semi-structured interviews were ...
ABSTRACT Time management is a conscious control of the amount of time spent on work activities in order to maximize personal efficiency. In nearly all institutions, there are many trivial events that waste time that have to be identified and separated from the vital few on which scarce time must really be spent. The study attempted to investigate time wasters which inhibit the amount of planned time spent on work in University of Education, Winneba (UEW) by educational administrators and adm...
ABSTRACT This study was done to investigate the social and academic challenges of adolescents in senior high schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis. A descriptive research design was employed. A researcher-designed questionnaire was used for data collection. The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was established using the Cronbach alpha method. Reliability coefficient obtained was .72. A sample of 367 respondents was selected from five public senior high schools in the Cape Coast Met...
ABSTRACT The present research adapted Crystal’s (2008) analytical model to investigate the language of WhatsApp used among students of St. Martin’s Senior High School, Adoagyri-Nsawam. Through documentation and semi-structured interviews, the informants who comprised of 35 students with 10 males and 25 females, helped collect 115 chats out of which 100 were sampled for the analysis. The results revealed hybridized language permeated into the linguistic continuum of the students’ mode o...
ABSTRACT The main goal of this work is investigating the challenges of teaching traditional music in Ghanaian schools. It focused on the interest of students in traditional music, the attitude of teachers in the teaching of traditional music, and looked at the content and methodology, and then the materials and musical instruments used to teach traditional music. The study used the qualitative research paradigm. The research method used for the research is the case study. The study involved ...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at enhancing the performance of S.H.S 2 Biology students of Adeiso Presbyterian Secondary School at Adeiso in the Eastern Region of Ghana in photosynthesis. During the study two classes were taken, with one class numbering up to 52 students comprising of 36 boys and 16 girls and the other class numbering 47 with 21 boys and 26 girls. The total sample size of the two classes was 99. In the selection of the sample for the research, random sampling was used by the resea...
ABSTRACT The construction industry is the main institution responsible for putting up infrastructural projects. The institution relies on well – functioning and educated skilled labour workers in discharging their duties. There has been frequent change of skilled labour job place in recent times at Berekum Municipality. The aim of this study was to assess factors that cause frequent change of skilled labour job place in construction industry. The study adopted a quantitative design involvi...