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The impact of post accidents and hazards at construction site on the socio-economic life of construction worker and their family (a case study Kumasi metropolis).

The objective of this research is to examine the various types of accident and hazards that construction workers are exposed to at work, the causes of accident and hazards at industries can be reduced and prevented. Six (6) construction industries in Kumasi metropolis were selected to identify impact of post-accident and hazards on construction sites on the socio economic life of workers and their families. The same structured and non-structured interview were used to collect data. Twenty-eight (28) construction workers, 2 managers and 2 supervisors were interviewed by using snowball sample test, to identify only accident in six (6) industries. Findings that the rate of accident at construction industries was not regular since the researcher had only 28 participants in 6 construction industries. The main causes of accidents were identified to be ignorance and complacency of employees’ unsafe behavior and working conditions. Measures were also adopted by management to curtail these causes. Health and safety is linked to the economic progress of the country. It is therefore economical and cheaper to maintain a healthy working environment and manage risk than to administer loss due to job related injuries and illness. Recommendation that there should be well established and abreast safety sections in each construction industry. Again, there is the need to intensify training methods, in-service training, safety regulations and the need of using the protective devices, to reduce and prevent accident and hazards at the construction industries. It is concluded that the main causes of accident and hazards are identify to be ignorance, negligence and complacency of workers, unsafe working University of Education, Winneba http://ir.uew.edu.gh environment and conditions. The management are to adopt measures to educate workers to reduced accident and hazards in construction sites.

Source: UEW
The impact of practical activities on teaching and learning of biology at Birim Central Municipality

The study investigated the impact of activities on teaching and learning of Biology at the Birim Central Municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The sample population was made up of one hundred students and twenty five (25) biology teachers from the five (5) selected Senior High Schools. Data collected were analysed using SPSS version 20.0 and analysed data were converted into frequency counts and percentages. Findings of the study revealed that, biology teachers in the municipality do not have academic qualification and/or certificate pertaining to biology. Also, teacher-centered approach was used in teaching biology practical lesson. Again, though some SHS in the Birim Central Municipality have science laboratories and equipment, they cannot function as expected. Moreover, biology teachers were unable to use practical activities in their lessons as a result of small size of the laboratory, inadequate biology apparatus and large class size. Similarly, teachers should be more innovative in preparing teaching and learning materials to help them modify their teaching strategies in order to embrace the benefits of interactive teaching, including longer and increased students’ conceptual understanding.

Source: UEW
Impact of pricing and marketing of food and beverages A case study of selected hotels in Kumasi Metropolis

Pricing has had a great deal of effect on the selling of beverages, mostly in a developing economy. Pricing products for consumers is a mind boggling task, mainly because a high price may cause negative feelings about products, and also a low price can be misleading on other products features such as quality. The study was carried out to examine the impact of pricing and marketing of food and beverages in hotels in Kumasi Metropolis. The research employed the quantitative research design and the hotel managers were the respondents. The study used the random sampling and systemic sampling in soliciting information from the respondents. A total of 150 hotel managers were purposively sampled. The data was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire and the data was analysed using descriptive statistics in the form of frequency and percentages with the statistical software Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 26.0. The respondents were educated and the major education obtained by the respondents was College degree and Bachelor’s degree, with only few with Master’s degree. Majority of the respondents are involved in research on the value based price, do market based price and customer preference. The factors that influences the price and marketing of food and beverages in hotels in the Kumasi Metropolis includes the branding of the product, cost of production, raw materials, competitors, margin, value and the environment of the hotel facilities. Also, the pricing and marketing strategy has resulted in moderate growth in the hotel industry in Kumasi metropolis. The results from the study revealed that the growth of the hotel is influenced by the sales account and the number of loyal customers. It can be concluded that there is a moderate growth in the hotel industry in Kumasi and several factors influences the prices and marketing of food and beverages in the hotels. Further studies should be considered in other parts of the country to compare and contrast the impact of pricing and marketing on the hotel industry

Source: UEW
The impact of pronunciation teaching and learning on reading and speaking skills of junior high schools in Asikuma

The aim of this dissertation is to discover the impact of teaching and learning of pronunciation on reading and speaking skills of students in Asikuma in the Asuogyaman District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Specifically, it investigates the impact of teaching segmental and suprasegmental features on reading and speaking, impact of pronunciation teaching methods and ICT tools on reading and speaking and teachers‟ and students‟ perception on teaching and learning of pronunciation on reading and speaking skills. The research was carried out with 20 students and 4 teachers at schools in Asikuma. Qualitative methods: questionnaires, interviews, observations and tests were used to gain a better understanding of the impact of pronunciation on reading and speaking skills. The findings signify that pronunciation instruction is valuable to reading and speaking. Again, students and teachers think that using the right pronunciation techniques and ICT tools will improve the overall performance of students of English language. This study concludes by urging teachers to use the correct pronunciation techniques and methods and urges curriculum and syllabus designers to integrate pronunciation teaching into reading, speaking, and listening.

Source: UEW
Impact of public solar PV electrification in rural micro-enterprises. (a case study in Twifo-Heman and Assin North district in the Central region)

The development of micro-enterprises in rural off grid areas in Ghana is linked with the increase in access and use of solar PV electricity services, leading to changes in micro-enterprises, and changes in livelihood characteristics of entrepreneurs, employees and community members in areas where these enterprises located. The thesis was to evaluate the impact public of solar PV in micro-enterprises in off grid rural areas. Convinience sampling techniques was used for this study, 60 solar PV powered shop owners were sampled in Twifo Heman Community. The study was to examine the economic benefits and identify challenges; financial, technical and maintenance of solar PV systems in rural electrification on micro-enterprises and also to evaluate job performance after and before micro-enterprises where connected to solar PV installations. The main aim of this research was to explore linkages between increased access to solar PV electricity services and micro-enterprise development in off grid rural areas in Ghana. This project investigated changes in both micro-enterprises and livelihood of people involved in enterprises after uptake of solar electricity services for operation. Livelihood context was used to contribute to understanding of the changes happening in micro-enterprises both within and between each other after up taking of solar electricity services. The findings of the study shows that the growth rate of micro-enterprises were noticeably higher in areas with electricity services, but the proportion was low compared to micro-enterprises growth rate and time of solar electricity introduction.

Source: UEW
Impact of reading comprehension difficulties on the academic performance of students of Tano Odumasi district assembly junior high school

Reading comprehension difficulties has been one of the main challenges of students that affect the performance of students for which this challenge has been established as the main problem of students in Tano D.A.JHS. This study therefore sought to investigate the impact that reading comprehension difficulties have on the academic performance of the students of Tano–Odumasi D/A J.H.S and to determine appropriate reading comprehension strategies that would improve the academic performance of students with such difficulties. The study therefore adopted a quasiexperimental and descriptive research design with the study area being Junior High School pupils of Sekyere South District in the Ashanti Region. A sample size of 30 students took part in the study consisting of 18 males and 12 females selected through purposive sampling technique. The cloze test procedure was also adopted. Findings indicated that word omission was the most common comprehension difficulty encountered by students followed by word mispronunciation, word substitution and word addition. It was established that these reading comprehension difficulties affected the academic performance of students through the various tests in the close procedure test carried which was confirmed by the end of term examination results of the students. As part of the strategies to improve on the performance of these students, it was established that the reader must adopt planning and identifying strategies, monitoring strategies, and evaluating strategies so as to improve the academic performance of these students.

Source: UEW
The impact of reading skills on students’ writing a case of Amuman MA basic school

Reading is one of skills considered important in language learning and like the other skills, the mastery is influenced by some factors. This study sought to investigate the impact of reading skills on students’ writing using students of Amuman M/A Basic School as a case study. Also, the study specifically aimed at assessing various methods being used for the teaching of reading comprehension to the students; also, on the part of students, the study sought to identify the main challenges/problems encountered by students in reading comprehension and investigated the effect of reading skills on students’ English writing performance. The study adopted a qualitative case study approach to thematically analyse the data collected from fifty-six (56) students and 2 teachers. Purposive sampling technique was used for the sampling of the respondents. Data for the study was collected through interviews, classroom observation and reading assessment. The study revealed that phonics method was the commonest method used by teachers. Furthermore, it was revealed that most students encountered problems such as poor vocabulary mastery, poor fluency and issues with background knowledge when reading in reading comprehension. The study recommended that teachers should make frantic efforts to ensure that students gain interest in reading, both at school and outside the school environment. Again, strategies such as dictation and pronunciation drills must be infused in language teaching to ensure that students improve their language competency through reading

Source: UEW
Impact of regular explanatory classroom test on students’ learning and conceptual understanding of electrolysis

This study investigated the impact of regular explanatory classroom tests on form two science one students’ understanding in the concepts of electrolysis. The sample for this study consisted 35 science students from Winneba Senior High School. The sample was selected from form two class in the school. Purposive sampling was used to select students for the study. Pre and post intervention test items as well as students’ monitoring book were used as the main instruments to collect data for the study. The reliability of the, pre-test and post-test items were determined using Cronbach-Alpha ranged from 0.76 to 0.80. A regular explanatory classroom tests instruction was applied formatively in teaching the students. The data obtained were analysed using t-test. It was also found that 98% of the students who took part in the study had wrong notions about electrolysis. The findings showed that there was a statistically significant difference in performance between pre-intervention achievement of students and post-intervention achievement of students. The students performed better in the post-test compared to pre-intervention test. The implication is that chemistry teachers in Winneba Senior High school should employ regular explanatory classroom tests approach in teaching concepts of electrolysis to enhance students understanding.

Source: UEW
Impact of religious beliefs on dressing in Ghana case study of the tamale metropolitan assembly

This work uncovered the impact of religious beliefs on the dressing of the people of Tamale, in the northern region of Ghana. Most indigenes of Tamale dress decently but it is unclear the moral source of the decency. It is hypothesized that the three religions (Christianity, Islam and Tradition) in Ghana collectively do have moral effect on how the people present themselves in dressing. Some people are unsure whether religion influences how they dress. Therefore, this study sought to identify the correlation between the religious beliefs of the people and how they dress. Data was collected following the administration of questionnaire addressing key demographic characteristics including gender, age, education, marital status, religion, occupation and ethnicity. Data was also collected through interviews with some of the participants of the study, and through observation and personal communication. The results show that 67% of the respondents attributed their dressing to a fundamental need to cover their bodies, 22% posited that wearing of cloths helps protect the body from bad weather, 8% said they clothe to look attractive and 3% stated that they dress to impress. Of the total respondents, 59% said religious beliefs have a bearing on people’s dressing whereas 41% answered otherwise. Of the total respondents, 79% depicted that their kind of dressing depicted their religion. The data revealed that most of the people are conversant of the influence of their religion on their dressing. The researcher concludes that the religious belief of the people of Tamale does influence how they present themselves in terms of clothing. Having realized the significant influence of religion on dressing, which constitutes a significant part of the moral values of the people, it is highly recommended that these values be inculcated in kids at early stages of life, both at home and as part of a school curriculum.

Source: UEW
Impact of road construction on environment in Ghana a case study of Kintampo municipal

There is a growing awareness that road development has major environmental impact. The damage includes sensitive ecosystems, loss of productive agricultural lands, and resettlement of large numbers of people, permanent disruption of local economic activities, demographic change, accelerated urbanization, and introduction of disease. This dissertation presents the impact of road construction on the environment in the Kintampo Municipality of Ghana and the challenges the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) faces in the enforcement of environmental mitigation measures. The researcher reached the goals of this research through a questionnaire and interview with 17 respondents and 2 participants respectively. The response rate was (85%) percent. The respondents are selected personnel from public institutions and road construction firms who are directly involved in road operations in the Kintampo Municipality and field observation from January to June 2016. The participants were the municipal officers and national service personnel from EPA. The Likert scale was used to rank the various environmental impacts. The data fed into computer was then analyzed using the Statistical Programme for Social Scientists (SPSS) version 21.0 and spreadsheet (Excel of Microsoft Office 2013). This study identified that useful mitigation measures for controlling noise and ground movement were poorly manage hence the accidents on the road. In conclusion, the gross of environmental impacts associated with road construction projects identified in this research such as accident, noise and ground movement and air pollution can assist road project managers and contractors to identify the most critical environmental impacts during road construction operations. It is therefore recommended that issues of pollution prevention be a priority to the Government and hence allocate more resources should be allocated to the EPA to intensify its monitoring duties.

Source: UEW
The impact of sanitation on customer retention a survey of restaurants in the Tamale metropolis

In the hospitality industry customer perception and satisfaction are largely hooked upon quality of service in the quest to retaining customers in the restaurants. This study is aimed at examining the impact of sanitation to customer retention in restaurants in the Tamale Metropolis. Some of the key elements that were used to examine the study were customer perception and satisfaction on sanitation variables such as dining area cleanliness, employee hygiene, outside environment cleanliness and food contact surface cleanliness. Participants in this study included managers of restaurants, employees and customers. A Multi-stage sampling method was employed for this study. The total number of participants for the study was 684, which included 543 customers, 111 employees and 30 managers of restaurants. Customer perception on sanitation variables had significant effect on their return intention. Customers were also highly satisfied with the sanitation level in restaurants and that influenced on their retention. Training was also found to have positive impact on the performance of employees. It can therefore be concluded on the results in this study that good sanitation in the restaurants lead to positive perception and satisfaction and therefore panacea to customer retention. It is however imperative for all food service managers to uphold the issues of sanitation seriously in order to ensure customer retention. Employee training should also be organized by food service managers to ensure employee perfection in their schedules so as to instill customer confidence and satisfaction in the service rendered.

Source: UEW
The impact of school feeding program on educational outcomes in the Ejisu Juaben district of the Ashanti region of Ghana

The Ghana school feeding program started in 2005 on a pilot study with one school in each district of the country. Programs such as school feeding are believed to be effective because of its ability to target a specific population which is vulnerable. The research seeks to find out how the school feeding has impacted the educational outcomes such as attendance, enrolment and performance in Ejisu Juaben municipality. The study covered a select group of five schools comparing their enrolment and attendance trends before and after school feeding program. These five school were selected using convenient sampling Academic Performance in literacy and numeracy of pupils in the five schools with school feeding were also compared with pupils from three school not on the school feeding program. The study covered a total of 240 pupils a third of which were from the non-school feeding schools. The study found that school feeding had positively affected both attendance and enrolment. The pupils on the school feeding program studied performed better on both literacy and numeracy than those not on the school feeding program. On the numeracy test the difference in performance was found to be significant . But require further work using a bigger sample size and a longer study duration to be conclusive on the impact of school feeding on the academic performance generally. It is recommended that school management committee SMC should actively monitor and provide feedback to the feeding program office as the quality and quantity of meals given to pupils as it was observed in all the school visited the meals was either insufficient or/and the quality substandard.

Source: UEW
The impact of school location on the academic activities of pupils and teachers A case study of Dansokrom primary school in Bia West District

The objective of the study is to ascertain the effects of school location on the academic activities of pupils and teachers of Dansokrom primary school; to identify what motivate and drive the pupils towards the attainment of their academic aspirations and to investigate the perception of parents/guardians on the influence of school environment on the academic growth of their wards. The study adopted the descriptive research design with the use of a survey instrument administered by the researcher in-person to 65 participants selected through the multi-stage sampling techniques. Data collected was handled quantitatively with the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Science (IBM SPSS v.21) within the Positivists research paradigm. The study found out that, the location of Dansokrom primary school has effect on the academic activities of the pupils which manifests in their rampant lateness to school to participate in morning assembly sessions, inability to partake in early morning lessons, and to a minimum level, discourages their involvement in school sporting/cultural/march pass activities. It also found that, the pupils are highly motivated by the advice receive from their parents/guardians as well as the manner in which their class teacher teaches them, to strive towards the attainment of their academic aspirations. They are however, less motivated by their class/exams scores and to a larger extent, demotivated by the current location of the school and its environment. It again found that, parents/guardians of Dansokrom primary school perceive the absence of classroom furniture such as tables and chairs; the absence of school canteen and the lack of qualified teachers, as having the greatest influence on the academic growth of their wards in that respective order. They however, consider the cocoa farms surrounding the school, to have the least influence on the academic growth of their wards. The research findings would significantly guide the Ghana Education Service through its curricular development and capacity building workshops for teachers, to re-orient instructors on their lesson delivery techniques and classroom management. It again calls on the local assembly in collaboration with the school authorities to locate canteen within the school compound. Since majority of the pupils are motivated by the manner in which their class teacher teaches, a further research work should be conduct in similar schools to ascertain the impact of divers teaching methodologies on the teaching and learning process. Keywords: school location, academic activities, pupils, school environment

Source: UEW