ghanaopendata/ghanaian-research-english huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of the quality of 4g mobile network in the Greater Accra region

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the Quality of 4G Mobile Network in the Greater Accra Region. For the time being, the services supplied by the telecommunications industry in Ghana are not encouraging in the sense that clients who are far from the Exchange have trouble in using the service. The foreseeable benefits of 4G could improve people's experience of using their cell phones and web services. A qualitative research study was used by the researcher and the research design chosen for the study was a narrative research. The study population consists of customers from the telecommunications industry in the Greater Accra region and purposive sampling was used to select sixty (60) participants. The researcher used an interview guide as the research instrument for the study. The responses from the interview were transcribed into text to support the discussion of the results. The study revealed that people in Accra Metropolis in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana experience network problems which make them put their phones down for a while or move to areas where the network is good or sometimes switch their phones off and switch it on again to see if the network will be stable. Others switch to another network so that they can do their work or do what they have to do with the network. The findings of the study was that, telecom companies presumed they have 3g and 4g meanwhile, in realty, it was not working as customers were supposed to enjoy it. The study recommends that customers should use devices such as weBoost Drive Reach (470154) and weBoost Drive 4G Sleek (470135) to boost their network signal.

Source: UEW
An evaluation of the role of organizational politics, culture and ethics in organizational performance. A case study of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) Ghana

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the role of organizational politics, culture, and ethics in organizational performance. The study took place at some selected SSNIT offices in the Greater Accra and Central Regions of Ghana. The main objectives of the study were to: To examine the relationship between politics, culture, and ethics, to examine the impact of politics, culture, and ethics on organizational performance, and finally to evaluate the impact of culture and ethics on organizational politics. Quantitative research methods were adopted for the study. A population of 3000 was estimated for the study and was sampled using the Yamane sample size table at a confidence level of 95% and a margin of error of 5% to 353. Out of the 353 questionnaires that were distributed, 341 were retrieved and the analysis was conducted based on that. Data were analyzed using SPSS and Smart PLS. The study revealed that there is a relationship between organizational politics and organizational culture, there is no relationship between organizational politics and organizational ethics. This study also revealed that there is no relationship between organizational culture and organizational ethics. It was evident that there is no impact between politics and performance, ethics and performance but there was an impact between organizational culture and organizational performance. The study revealed that organizational culture had an impact on organizational politics but there is no impact between organizational ethics and organizational politics. It is therefore recommended that the code of conduct for the Public Commission Authority must not be the only source of ethical code of conduct. SSNIT should have its code of conduct. The culture of the firm must be built along with the ethics of the institutions.

Source: UEW
Evaluation of the shark fisheries along the Coastline of Ghana, West Africa

The decline in traditionally valuable fish stocks, coupled with an increased demand for shark fins and meat has caused many fishermen to target sharks. However, there is limited information on the fishing practices, gears, and catch distribution for the shark fisheries. This study used a semi-structured interview to characterize the shark fisheries and techniques used to catch sharks as well as the catch statistics and trade in fifteen coastal communities along the Eastern, Central, and Western coasts of Ghana. Out of the 470 fishers interviewed, 46% were specialized shark fishers while the remaining 54% landed sharks as bycatch. Specialized shark fishers captured between 7�10 individual sharks per fishing trip while by-catch shark fishers captured between 1�5 sharks. The shark species harvested include the blue shark, thresher shark, common and sand tiger, bull shark, short and longfin mako shark, hammerhead, and milk shark. Fishers along the eastern coast mostly capture sharks as bycatch, while those along the central and western coast of Ghana target sharks with specialized fishing gears. The catch data obtained from the fishers indicated higher shark landings and was linked to the development of longlines and drift gill nets with hooks attached to the footrope that target sharks, and are usually deployed along the western coastlines of Ghana. Nearly all the shark species captured in the study communities were listed by the IUCN as either �Endangered�, �Critically Endangered� or �Vulnerable�. Among fishers who target sharks, 74% stated that shark populations were declining and were spending more effort to capture the fish. Specialized shark fishers indicated a poor perception and attitude towards shark conservation along the entire coastline of the country and are not in support of shark conservation. It is recommended that the capture and trade in these species should be closely monitored to prevent the extinction of vulnerable populations. � 2022 Elsevier B.V.

Source: UEW
Evaluation of the teaching and learning of religious and moral education in junior high schools in Sisaala East municipality.

The study sought to evaluate the state of teaching and learning of Religious and Moral Education in Junior High Schools in the Sissala East Municipality of the Upper West Region. The study was anchored on the pragmatist philosophy, influenced by the mixed method approach and directed by the sequential explanatory mixed method design. Five hundred and twenty (520) respondents, consisting 491 students and twenty-nine (29) RME teachers formed the sample size for the study. The simple random and purposive sampling techniques were employed to select respondents for the study. Data were collected using closed ended questionnaire, interview guide, and observation checklist. Data were analysed using mean, standard deviation, thematic analysis and frequency counts. The findings revealed that teachers have positive perceptions regarding the teaching and learning of RME within the Sisaala East Municipality. It also revealed that teachers acknowledge the difficulty of teaching abstract concepts, integrating multiple religions, aligning appropriate methods to topics, and acquiring comprehensive knowledge of different religions. Also, students‘ attitudes towards the teaching and learning of RME within the Sisaala East Municipality reveals several important insights. The limited availability of textbooks, teachers‘ handbooks, visual materials, audio materials, audio-visual resources, religious objects, resource persons, and even some aspects of the course curriculum may pose challenges to teachers in delivering comprehensive and engaging lessons. Based on the findings and conclusions drawn it was recommended that Headteachers should provide additional training and support for RME teachers to address the challenges they face in teaching abstract concepts and integrating multiple religions. Policy makers should ensure that there is sufficient time allocation in the curriculum for teaching RME to ensure that teachers have adequate opportunities to cover the content comprehensively.

Source: UEW
Evaluation of the teaching and learning of sewing in Junior High Schools a case study of Amansie West District

This Dissertation is aimed at evaluating the teaching and learning of sewing in the Junior High Schools in the Amansie West District. The aim was to find out whether the programme is being taught and learned in the selected schools and to check the courses taught whether there are adequate qualified teachers, teaching and learning materials. Using observation as a tool for this, the researcher visited the sewing departments of selected schools, to assess the quality of teaching and learning being done in Basic Design and Technology. The researcher investigated the problems associated with the gap among Pre-Technical skills, Pre-Vocational skills and Home Economics (sewing and catering) courses under the programme in selected Private and Public Junior High Schools in the Amansie West District. She also assessed pupils, and their sewing teachers as they taught, as well as the qualifications of heads and the sewing teachers. Infrastructure and general performance of the pupils were also evaluated. It was found out that some of the schools were not doing all the courses in the programme except one. Therefore, it is recommended that the teaching and learning of Basic Design and Technology (sewing) be given much more attention. The government should introduce compulsory BDT in the first year senior high school curriculum so that the teaching and learning of it at the basic levels would be taken seriously. Teaching and learning aids in BDT (sewing) should also be made available to teachers and learners. It is hoped that if these recommendations are given a second thought, teachers at both the private and the public schools would be more serious about the teaching and learning of the sewing subjects. This would make the pupils learn better and acquire the needed skills in order to establish themselves even after completion at this level. The accessible population for the study was 363 pupils/students from 6 selected public and private JHS, using data collection through school visits to observe teaching and learning process in Basic Design and Technology.

Source: UEW
An evaluation of vocational programmes and transitional arrangements in two special schools for students with intellectual disability in Ghana

The study was a descriptive survey that investigated vocational programmes offered in two special schools for individuals with intellectual disability in Ghana, and the transitional processes available in the schools to facilitate smooth movement of such individuals from school to the world of work. The problem was concerned with students who have gone through one vocation or the other and seemed unprepared to meet life demands after school. Forty teachers were sampled to complete a questionnaire designed on the topic. The study found that the special schools offer vocational course in ten main areas including, poultry, batik/tie dye, basketry, woodwork, dressmaking, hairdressing, envelope making, gardening, bead making and door mat weaving. It was also found out that, most of the vocational courses were taught in classrooms, except in Three Kings Special School where only one workshop exists for batik/tie and dye. Lastly, even though students acquire sufficient skills in the schools before graduating, there has never been any transitional programme that links students to the world of work. It was therefore recommended that, training facilities such as sheltered workshops should be made available in the special schools. Also, training requirements, materials and logistic should be regularly supplied to the special schools to enhance training. It was also suggested that future studies be conducted to explore ways of enhancing and promoting appropriate vocational and transitional programmes in special schools in Ghana.

Source: UEW
Evaluation of water, sanitation and hygiene (wash) programme in junior high schools in the Ningo Prampram district, Greater Accra region

The primary intent of the study was to evaluate the status of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme in Junior High Schools of the Ningo-Prampram District, Greater Accra Region. The main objective of the study was to find out the causes of the inefficient WASH programme in Junior High Schools in the Ningo Prampram District. In line with this, four research questions were developed. Descriptive survey design was used. Purposive, stratified, and simple random sampling methods were used to select the schools and respondents; and a sample size of 404 respondents was selected comprising of 154 teachers including headteachers and 250 pupils. The selection of the headteacher and teacher participants for interviews was done by using purposive sampling technique. Eighteen (18) schools were selected out of the fifty-four (54) schools in the District for the study. Structured questionnaire and semi-structured interview guides were used. Frequencies and percentages were used to analyse the questionnaire data while themes were drawn from the interview responses to support findings from the questionnaire. It was gathered that generally all schools did not operate fully under the expectations of the WASH programme. For most schools, there were no toilet facilities, while those who had toilet facilities were almost in bad state to be used by pupils. This situation did not augur well for pupils especially the females as some contracted diseases such as candidiasis and other related diseases. The respondents agreed that one of the major challenges confronting the effective implementation of the WASH programme was lack of funding to procure the necessary items, as well as inadequate supervision and monitoring of the WASH programme. It was concluded that an effective (WASH) programme in Junior High Schools will heavily rely on proper and regular funding as well as supervision and monitoring. It was recommended that GES should improve school supervision and monitoring of WASH programme through engaging personnel who will regularly visit schools to assess the state of water, sanitation and hygiene in the school.

Source: UEW
Evaluative functions of reporting verbs in academic writing

Writers make use of reporting verbs in making claims when citing the works of other authors. The study explores the evaluative functions of Reporting Verbs (RVs) in the Literature Review (LR) sections of the masters theses written by students from the University of Education, Winneba. Using the Antconc concordance software and Hyland’s (2002) taxonomy of RVs as the analytical framework. A corpus of 36 LR sections of master theses were purposely selected from six disciplines for the study. In all there were 2449 tokens of reporting verbs in different forms from the 102 RVs extracted. The three most common RVs that occurred in the study are: find, conduct and state verbs. The analysis reveals that denotatively, the Discourse Acts category of RVs were employed the most (52.8%) followed by the Research Acts (42%) and then the Cognitive Acts (5.6%). Evaluatively, the discourse act assurance factive verb was the most used as against non factive and counter/critical verbs. In terms of tense, the present simple tense(54%) was the preferred tense by the students. It was followed by the past simple(40.3%) and the present perfect tense (5.5%). The analysis reveals that the students used more of the active voices (92.7%) as against (7.3%) of the passive voice. Based on the findings, this study recommends the explicit teaching of reporting verbs and their evaluative functions in the academic writing (research methods) class to expose students to the variety of RVs and how to use them. The study further contributes to postgraduate pedagogy and citation practices and serves as a fertile resource for further research.

Source: UEW
Event planning and management in the hospitality industry_ a case study of some selected hotels in the Greater Accra region

This study examined event planning and management by hospitality facilities, using the African Regent and Mensvic Grand Hotels located in Accra, as a case study. The specific objectives were to identify events that are planned and undertaken by the hotels, examine the knowledge and awareness of event management techniques by managers of the hotels and examine the expectations and satisfaction levels of their clients. Using mixed research method, the case study design was adopted, with a sample of sixty respondents made up of 10 event planners selected purposively and 50 individuals or clients of two hotels. The clients were selected using convenient sampling. The study revealed that whilst religious and socialization activities dominated events organised by the two hotels, only a few of the events organized covered corporate conferences, meetings and workshops. Most of the respondents expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the events they have attended, intimating that the events orgnised at the hotels were found to be very convenient. However, some managers of the hotels were found to have received no training in the planning and management of events. Among the recommendations of the study are that there should be proper supervision and in-service training for the various departments within the hospitality facilities concerned with the execution of events and that both event planners and clients of such events should be cautioned on the importance of proper time management, to ensure that events commence and end on time to prevent frustrations and customer dissatisfaction.

Source: UEW
Ewiem nsɛnkyerɛnne ahodoɔ mpɛnsɛmpɛnsɛmu

Nhwehwɛmu yi botaeɛ ne sj ɛkyerɛkyerɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ ahodoɔ a ɛkasa a ɛsisi wɔ ewiem ne nsɛmpɔ a ebiara de to dwa mu na akyerɛ akwan ahodoɔ a ewiem nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a ɛkasa nam so boa nnwumakuo ahodoɔ bi wɔ wɔn dwumadie mu. Menam Peirce ‘SEMIOTIC THEORY OF SIGNS’ so na ɛdii me dwuma no. menam njmkyerjkyerjmu anaa nkyerɛkyerɛmu kwan so na ɛyɛɛ nhwehwɛmu no. Mepaww nnipa aduasa (30) a na wɔn mu dunum (15) yɛ mmarima na dunum (15) nso yɛ mmaa. Saa nkurɔfoɔ yinom nyinaa yɛ Mfantefoɔ (Adwumako, Mankesem ne Anomabo) jnna Asantefoɔ (Bepua ne Asante Agona). Kasakuo biara so mefaa nnipa dunum. Meyiyii mpanimfoɔ dunum (15) a na wɔadi mfeɛ firi aduanan (40) kɔpem aduoson (70) a wɔwɔ suahunu wɔ Akanfoɔ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ kasa mu ne mmabunu dunum (15) a wɔadi mfeɛ dunwɔtwe kɔpem aduasa num (35). Ewiem nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a ɛtɔɔ dwa wɔ dwumadie yi mu bi ne nsoromma, owia, bosome, nyankontɔn, mframa anaa ahum, ewiem kabisiiyɛ, osuo mmunaeɛ, ɛbɔ anaa kusukuukuu, kyinhyia mframa, nnomaa a wɔtutu nenam ewiem ne dodoɔ a ɛkeka ho. Bio, nhwehwɛmu dwumadie yi twee adwene sii nnwuma ahodoɔ a wɔn daa daa dwumadie dane ewiem nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ no bi. Saa nnwuma no bi ne kuadwuma, wiemuhyɛnka adwuma, kaaka adwuma, hyepo anaa kodoɔka

Source: UEW
Examination malpractices among trainee nurses in Ghana :The case of College of Nursing Training in Central Region

The purpose of this research was to examine the various forms, causes, effects and the controlling measures of examination malpractices and the strategies that could be employed to address the menace among the students of a Nursing Training College in the Central Region of Ghana. This was a mixed methods research underpinned by pragmatism. Specifically, the sequential explanatory mixed method design was employed for the study. The population for the study comprised the tutors, nonteaching staff and the nurse trainees of the Nursing Training College consisting of 1,443 students and 97 staffs ( total: 1,588). For the quantitative phase of the study, 120 trainee nurses and 30 teaching and non-teaching staff were selected through stratified simple random sampling technique to respond to a structured questionnaire. The qualitative phase of the study involved semi-structured interview with 10 participants (comprising: 2 academic officers, 1 administrative manager, 4 tutors and 3 students.),who were purposively selected. The quantitative data was analysed using descriptive statistics (means and standard deviation) while the qualitative data was used to support, clarify, expand and explain the key quantitative findings when necessary. The study revealed that the forms of examination malpractices in the Nursing Training College included sending prepared answers by teachers to students during revision, and copying other students work, among others. The study also revealed that some of the causes of examination malpractices were lack of effective supervision, inadequate guidance and counselling, and inadequate preparation on the part of the students with regards to examinations. The controlling measures included maintenance of culture of discipline in schools, effective examination committee, and adequate guidance and counselling. The study concluded that ineffective teaching and learning, and inability to complete the syllabuses by tutors of the college, as well as poor attitudes of students towards examination perpetuates this menace at the college. It was recommended, among others that school leadership should do well to intensify teaching and learning, improving monitoring and supervision of students’ academic performances, and reinforcing deterrent disciplinary measures as well as reinforce guidance and counselling to motivate students to independently write examination.

Source: UEW
Examination malpractices in the Senior High Schools in Ghana the case of Asutifi North and South districts, Brong Ahafo

The study sought to identify issues relating to examination malpractices and the role of the school leadership in controlling or eradicating this cankerworm in the educational system in Ghana. Asutifi North and South Districts (ANSD) of Brong Ahafo were used as study area. The study adopted the exploratory descriptive survey. The population was 4,480 students, 240 teachers in the four SHS and 2 district directors in the ANSD. A sample size of 519 which comprised 367 students, 150 teachers and 2 directors of education in the two districts was used. Purposive sampling was used to select heads of department, school heads and district directors of education. Simple random and stratified sampling methods were respectively used to select teachers and students for the study. Questionnaires, interviews and focused group discussion were used to gather data. Pilot testing was conducted to ensure validity of the instrument while Cronbach Alpha Coefficient was used to obtain reliability of the instrument which yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.94. Mixed analytical technique was used. Data gathered were analyzed using percentages and frequencies. Tables, chart were used in presenting the data. It was found that impersonation, copying answers from modules or text books and candidates intentionally writing exams in EM friendly centres were forms of EM among others; ill-preparation for examination, student’s desire to pass at all cost, and over emphasis on acquiring certificates were the major causes of EM; while students, invigilators and supervisors were the principal agents of EM in the ANSD; and EM negatively affects schools, students and the society as a whole. It was concluded that exams officials lacked integrity and trustworthiness; and effective teaching and learning was lacking in schools. Therefore, it was recommended that school leaders should ensure effective teaching and learning in schools; and exams officials selected should be people of integrity and trustworthy.

Source: UEW