ABSTRACT Teenage pregnancy has been a social canker in the whole world and causing a lot of problems to governments, societies, and individuals as well. This study explored the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in relation to the challenges faced by teenage pregnant mothers in the Manya Krobo District of Ghana. It also assessed the effects of teenage pregnancy on the socioeconomic development of the society. Five research questions and two hypotheses were posited to guide the study. The descrip...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of single parenting on the academic performance of basic school pupils at the Yamoransa circuit in the Mfantseman Municipality. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The target population was basic school pupils in the Yamoransa Circuit. The total population was 200 made up of 80 males and 120 females. A sample of 200 was used by employing a purposive sampling. The instrument used for the study was two sets o...
ABSTRACT The dual purposes of this study were to find out the extent of energy drink usage and its perceived impact. The study used the survey design in the Ga South District of Greater Accra Region. A total of 584 students from Odorgonno Senior High School, Ngleshi Amanfro Senior High School and Christian Methodist Senior High School participated in the study. A researcher generated questionnaire (JED-Q) was used for the study. A cronbach alpha reliability of .73 was obtained. In general, th...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted in Holy Child College of Education in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly of the Western Region. The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between reading comprehension and critical thinking skills of first and second-year students of Holy Child College of Education. Descriptive research design and correlation design were used to conduct the study. First and second-year students of Holy Child College of Education constitute the population...
ABSTRACT If principals of teacher training colleges are to provide effective and efficient leadership that will ensure the attainment of their institutional goals, then they need to identify their own strengths and weaknesses. This will enable them to build on their strengths and improve upon their weaknesses. This study sought to explore how tutors of teacher training colleges in the Central Region perceive their principals’ leadership role and what suggestions they have for improving the ...
ABSTRACT The major thrust of the study was to find out the relationship between students’ perception of the internal dynamics of their collaborative learning context, effort made and their academic performance in E.P. College of Education, Bimbilla. One hundred and fifty students from the college were selected for the study through the purposive sampling technique. Questionnaire was used to obtain brief demographic information such as gender and age necessary for the study and the research ...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted with a view to finding out if supervision could be used as an intervention to improve class attendance and punctuality in Achimota Preparatory and Junior Secondary School. The Action Research method was used and this enabled the researcher to compare the effect of supervision on the pupils during the pre-intervention and the post-intervention stages. The sample was made up of 85 pupils. The research looked at issues such as the causes of lateness to school, as...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to investigate how basic schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis maintain their school facilities. The study adopted the sequential explanatory mixed method design and mainly used questionnaire and interview. A sample of 306 respondents was used for the study and respondents were selected from 50 basic schools which were sampled out of the six circuits in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana. The study revealed that the schools sampled always engaged in sw...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study is to find out the extent to which teachers faithfully commit themselves to the fidelity approach to curriculum implementation in transacting the Core English curriculum. The main design used in the study was descriptive survey. The study covered all the seven public senior secondary schools in Sunyani District in the Brong Ahafo region ofGhana. The sample comprised 150 students and all the 31 teachers of English. The number of students selected from each sch...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study is to find out the extent to which teachers faithfully commit themselves to the fidelity approach to curriculum implementation in transacting the Core English curriculum. The main design used in the study was descriptive survey. The study covered all the seven public senior secondary schools in Sunyani District in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. The sample comprised 150 students and all the 31 teachers of English. The number of students selected from each sc...
ABSTRACT The study examined the In-In-Out Programme of Teacher Training Colleges in Ghana, using Tamale Training College as a case study, with the intent of identitYing the challenges associated with the programme. Questionnaire and interviews were used to collect data from the Principal, Vice Principals, Link tutors, mentees [rom Tamale Training College, mentors and lead mentors [rom schools of attachment and district directors of education [or Tamale Metropolis , . and East Gonja District. ...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the attitude of teacher trainees towards the study of science in the Colleges of Education. The study sought to look at students‟ attitude from four (4) significant perspectives namely; interest to do science, motivation to do science, level of students‟ involvement in science lessons and the type of interpersonal relationship between science teachers and students. The study also considered the effect of practical activities on students‟ performance as ...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to find the challenges and prospects facing students of distance education in Ghanaian public universities: the case of University of Cape Coast study centre. The sample for the study were twenty teachers and two hundred students making a total of two hundred and twenty respondents. The respondents were selected from` Cape Coast distance education study centre at Oyoko Methodist senior high school in the Koforidua municipality. Questionnaires were used to coll...
ABSTRACT The study is about the counselling needs of students in the Polytechnic in the Wa Municipality. Using a descriptive survey design with a quantitative approach, the researcher used a sample of 810 students drawn from the Wa Polytechnic through the census sampling technique. A Questionnaire developed by the researcher with a composite reliability coefficient of .91 was used to collect data for the study. Descriptive and inferential statistical tools (Independent sample t-test and One-W...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to investigate the predictive validity of students’ senior high school certificate examination (SHSCE) entry aggregate on their final year cumulative grade-point average (GPA) at the University of Cape Coast. The study covered the year groups from 1999 to 2001 involving five departments under the Faculty of Education at the University of Cape Coast. A total of 1,216 subjects consisting of 403 females and 813 males formed the study population. The research de...