Stakeholders’ Assessment Of Best Teacher Award Winner’s Intervention Package For Improving Basic School Education In Akatsi District

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to find out stakeholders’ assessment of a

best teacher award winner’s intervention package for basic school improvement in

some selected schools in the Akatsi District of the Volta Region. It specifically

examined the extent to which the promotion of the three methodologies and two

strategies affected teaching and learning, the influence of the motivational

programme on teachers, pupils and parents, the perceptions of teachers, pupils and

parents on the reading club, and their general assessment of the intervention

package on teaching and learning in the schools.

A descriptive study design involving teachers, pupils and parents of two

basic schools in the area was employed. A sample size of 248 was determined for

the study out of which 242 (including 196 pupils, 30 teachers and 16 parents)

participated. Three different questionnaires were designed and piloted, and each

obtained a Cronbach’s reliability coefficient above 0.600.

It emerged that the teaching methodologies and strategies implemented by

the researcher, Mrs. Alice Gligui-Denueme, 2008 National Best Teacher Award,

2nd Runner-up in collaboration with SNV, had positive impact on teaching and

learning in the schools. Also, the motivational talks had improved teacher-parent

relationships and school attendance among the pupils.

It is recommended that the intervention package should be maintained and

its scope expanded to cover other poorly performing schools for a holistic

improvement in basic education in the Akatsi District. Also, stakeholders in

education should help to provide these schools with adequate infrastructure.