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Challenges in managing discipline in the educational districts in the Eastern Region of Ghana

The purpose of the study was to find out the challenges teachers in the Eastern Region of Ghana encountered when they visited their various District Education Offices to seek solutions to their problems. The study also sought to find out Management's challenges with regard to unacceptable behaviour and attitudes exhibited by some workers at District Education Offices. The sample for the study comprised 10 district directors, 40 frontline officers, 400 teachers and 150 workers at district directorates of education in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The researcher used questionnaire and an interview guide for the study Also of interest to the study was how Management handled such disciplinary cases. The study revealed that, the challenges teachers faced included illegal financial demands from office workers, travelling from long distances to present their problems, delay in attending to them, rude behaviour of some of the office workers and loss or misplacement of teachers' documents. The study further showed that the workers did not refute the allegations by the teachers. It came out from their responses that loss or misplacement of documents, for example, might be due to movement of tiles within some sections at the directorate. Moreover, the study indicated that, Management was aware of some of those incidents but was finding it tough to curb them since teachers would not give enough information about what they had gone through and who was to be held responsible. On the basis of the findings, it is recommended that. Management should intensify its supervisory role to monitor every activity at the DEOs.

Source: UCC
Challenges in Practicing Inclusive Physical Education: The Case of Ghana National College of Cape Coast

Every child has the right to education. This right gives them the opportunity to engage in any form of learning irrespective of social status, physical appearance and any other condition or disability. Yet, students with special needs are marginalized or excluded from physical education lessons. The intent of this study was to find out challenges some public school physical education teachers face in involving students with special needs in their classrooms. In this case study, 12 participants were interviewed and observed. Findings showed that special need students are excluded from physical education lessons. Special need students felt it was not safe to use the same equipment in physical education practical lessons with colleagues without disabilities. Physical education teachers stated that the lack of professional knowledge in their academic preparation has made it difficult to fully involve special need students in their practical lessons. In addition, funds to purchase special equipment for special need students are a major challenge. These coupled with large class size and unsafe school environment threatens the progress of inclusive physical education.

Source: UCC
Challenges in the administration of private senior high schools in the Kumasi metropolis of the Ashanti region

In spite of the overwhelming academic performance associated with private schools especially in Ghana, they are faced with series of challenges which affect the administration of these schools. This study investigated the challenges in the administration of private Senior High Schools (SHS) in the Kumasi District of the Ashanti Region. The study employed the descriptive survey design and drew samples from all the educational circuits of the district. Questionnaire was the main instrument used to gather data. The main findings that came out of the study were that: parents had high willingness to send their children and wards to the private senior high schools; most students opted for the schools because of the high calibre of staff of the schools; the schools had their students through advertisement and walk-ins; and the schools had adequate teaching and non-teaching staff. The study further revealed that teachers of the school left the schools due to lack of opportunity for development, low remuneration, delay in payment of salaries and lack of payment of social security funds. It was recommended that the association of private schools should embark on vigorous public education to highlight the critical role played by private schools in the delivery of secondary education in Ghana and authorities in the private SHS should adequately provide the essential facilities in their schools to enhance effective teaching and learning.

Source: UCC
Challenges in the administration of rural senior high schools in the Ga-West district

The study investigated the challenges in the administration of selected rural senior high schools in the Ga- West District of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The descriptive survey design was employed to unearth the challenges there in. The purposive, census and convenient sampling techniques were used to select the district and respondents for the study. In all, the sample for the study consisted of 87 respondents, comprising 9 administrators and assistants, 36 heads of department and 42 student leaders. The sample was drawn .However, six (6) of the heads of department questionnaires, therefore, the analysis was based on responses provided of 81 respondents. The instrument used in gathering relevant data for the study was the questionnaire. The questionnaires were pilot tested in one rural senior high school in the Ga- West district. The results of the study showed a high level of similarity of opinion among administrators, heads of department and student leaders. In effect, it was realised that inadequate infrastructure and facilities and student personnel services are the major challenges confronting these schools. To improve upon infrastructure in these schools, some recommendations were made as a result of the study. These included the joint force of stakeholders in education to come to the aid of these schools for the provision of infrastructure and adequate student personnel services. Furthermore, it is imperative that administrators are given intensive in-service training with special reference to Financial Administration when they are re-assigned to the administrator's status.

Source: UCC
Challenges in the administration of senior high schools in the Kpeshie sub metro of the Accra metropolitan education directorate

The administration of Secondary Schools today, according to Alani (2000), can no longer be reduced to rule-of-thumb since schools are becoming increasingly complex. The purpose of the study was to identify the challenges faced by administrators in the administration of Senior High Schools in the Kpeshie Sub Metropolitan Education Directorate of the Accra Metropolitan area. In all, 5 day and boarding public Senior High Schools were used in the study. The schools were purposively selected and census sampling was used to obtain respondents. The main instrument used in collecting the data for the study was the questionnaire. Open and closed questions were used to illicit information from respondents. The study identified some challenges administrators faced in their schools. With respect to teachers, maintaining competent staff, teacher lateness and sometimes absenteeism, inadequate teaching and learning resources as well as non compliance to timetables and duty rosters were the most significant challenges the school. The study affirmed that most of the administrators did not go through training for their administrative positions and were also not mentored making them incapable of facing challenges at the initial stages. In the light of the findings, it was recommended that administrators should be given pre-service training for their positions. Mentorship was highly recommended by the administrators to help prepare them to face any challenges that may come as they perform their duties.

Source: UCC
Challenges in the administration of technical vocational education and training in the Ghana Education Service

This research is about challenges hindering effective Technical Vocational Education and Training in the GES. It examines how TVET programs impact on the Ghanaian society as well as students' career, The research calls for support of stakeholders to do away with rhetoric and seek to promote quality career environment for training those who choose TVET. The study identified problems of too many students not being prepared for specific career, beside clerical duties. Most of the challenges emanate from internal and external factors, but the discussion shows how this could be resolved through good practices. Contributions of various stakeholders in the GES were ruthlessiy examined in light of literature reviewed, and the conclusive views of the 204 population used to generate opinion, and input were done by use of questionnaire, and semi-structured interview. Respondents' notion was that, TVET has been starved for long by the: absence of career Guidance and Counseling service, lack of good number of trained/professional teachers, logistics stationery, equitable funding, among others. Research questions were answered to confirm the variables of interest to the topic by use of spreadsheet to determine correlations . The research outcome includes recommendations that TVET Administrators and GES could adopt in promoting the discipline. Re-distributive policy option has strongly been suggested to the MOESS or the Government to adopt in her effort to turn round the sinking image of TVET among GES institutions.

Source: UCC
Challenges in the implementation of durable solutions for refugees in Ghana

This study examined the challenges that the various refugees institutions, organizations, and allied bodies or agencies face in the implementations of durable solutions for refugees in the country. The purposive and accidental sampling techniques were used to select 65 respondents from UNHCR Ghana, Ghana Refugee Board, International Organization for Migration as well as Krisan/ Sanzule/Ekwei, and Budumburam refugee camps. The main instruments used for data collection were interview guide and focus group discussion guides. The finding of the study revealed that resettlement prevents refugees to patronize local integration programmes and also lack of local integration policy is a major hindrance to local integration programmes. The absence of policy guidelines and integration mechanisms to direct the implementation of local integration of refuges in Ghana is a major challenge. The office of UNHCR Ghana has no control over resettlement programmes and also the challenge of high expectations among refugees regarding the possibility of resettlement in a third country. In order to deal with the challenges, it was recommended that UNHCR and Ghana Refugee Board should embark on more effective educational programmes to inform refugees about the current relevant information concerning durable solutions. Also when repatriation is being promoted, UNHCR should restrict resettlement interventions to refugees with acute protection or specific needs. Finally, Ghana Refugee Board should be more resourced in order to live up to the current challenges of hosting refugees in the present global world.

Source: UCC
Challenges in the implementation of the national health insurance scheme: A case study of University of Cape Coast hospital

The study aimed at identifying issues that posed as difficulties in the smooth implementation of the NHIS in the University of Cape Coast Hospital and thereby suggest practical measures that could help improve the operations of the scheme within the university community and the region at large. A descriptive research design was used to carry out the study. Questionnaires, interviews and non-participant observations were used to collect data for the study. A total of 136 respondents were selected through the quota and purposive sampling methods to form the sample of the study. The target population of the study was students of the university (graduates and undergraduates), staff of the university and the hospital in particular. Inputs were also collated from managers of the insurance scheme as well. Data collected from the field were sorted out, checked and thereafter coded. The Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) version 15.0 software was used to key in the data after which simple frequencies and percentages were generated and adopted for analysis of the data. The unnecessary delays in the registration and issuance of Identification Cards (ID) for new entrants of the insurance scheme, lack of equipment and personnel, with the requisite knowledge and skills in Information Communication Technology (ICT) to capture and process clients data promptly were identified as some of the constraints of the programme. The study recommends a review of the programme that will include the recruitment and training of more personnel with the required ICT skills to manage the schemes nationwide.

Source: UCC
Challenges of Curriculum Design and its Implications on Policy: The Case of the Junior High School (JHS) Teaching Subjects in Ghana

The educational landscape though serves as the bedrock for human resource development, it still has challenging academic experiences in Junior High Schools in Ghana. The realization is that, transitional stages of schooling seem not to have curriculum alignment that reflect tertiary education programme. Yearning for flexibility, harmonization and synchronization of the curriculum, the paper seeks to explore missing interest areas, talents in order to discover inspired paths that underpin enrichment of the school curriculum. To deepen high school experience for appropriate and best practices in human capital development, the researchers examine curriculum design and its implications on policy, the case of the JHS teaching subjects in Ghana. This engagement adopts the combined approach using the discursive method and descriptive analysis. Participants of the study include 100 students, 10 teachers, 5 circuit supervisors, and 5 curriculum experts of the Cape Coast Metropolis. Interviews are the main instruments used for the qualitative analysis while graphical representations and achievement tests are conducted for students from the ten schools. In the investigations, the study discovers that, there is no curriculum alignment in some of the teaching subjects taught at the JHS level despite their potential areas for human capital development. It is recommended that, the curriculum at the JHS level should be revised to reflect the best practices, prospects and opportunities for students.

Source: UCC
Challenges of financial administration in Senior High Schools in the Agona District in the Central Region of Ghana

The study focused on the challenges of financial administration in five Government senior high schools in the Agona District of Central Region. Specifically, it looked at the financial functions of financial administrators and their supporting staff, factors that either limit or enhance their performance and challenges financial administrators face. The population for the study included the heads, accountants and accounting staff. All the Heads, Assistant Heads (Administration), the Accountants, Assistant Accountants and the accounting clerks, in all the five schools were purposively selected. Questionnaires were the main instrument used to gather the relevant data. Frequencies and averages were used for the analysis whilst majority opinions were used for the discussion. The results indicate that formal higher educational qualification and inservice training and workshops in basic accounting principles and financial management needed to enhance the financial operations were lacking. Again, there was clear indication of the inadequacy of funds for running the schools and for developmental projects which manifested in the poor, lack and inadequacy of infrastructural facilities in the schools. Also, there was so much reliance or dependence on the government grants or inflows that other sources of funds that could be tapped have not been given the needed attention. It was recommended for a higher and more staff training and development in the sphere of formal education and in-service training and workshops in the field of administration.

Source: UCC
Challenges of integrating information and communication technology (ICT) in basic schools of Cape Coast Metropolis

The study investigated challenges of integrating information and communication technology (ICT) in basic schools of the Cape Coast metropolis in the Central Region of Ghana. The purpose of the study was to find out ICT resources available for use in Basic schools, ICT resources teachers actually use, ICT skills teachers have, factors that militate against the use of ICT in teaching and learning of various subjects, and possible solutions to the challenges of integrating ICT in teaching and learning of various subjects in Basic schools. The descriptive survey design was used. Questionnaire was used as the main instrument for data collection and data obtained were analyzed using percentages and frequency distributions.The population of the study comprised all the teachers of public Basic schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis of the Central Region of Ghana. A sample size of 242 teachers was selected from 22 schools out of 82 public basic schools. The random number method of the simple random sampling technique was used in the sampling procedure. Among other findings were that, ICT resources available for use in Cape Coast public basic schools are mainly computers, with very few schools having television sets. Also, inadequate and unavailable ICT resources, lack and unstable sources of electricity, and lack of integration skills were mentioned as the inhibiting factors of ICT integration into the curriculum. Recommendations based on the findings and conclusions were made to stakeholders of education in Ghana and future researchers. Among the recommendations was that the government and other stake holders of education in Ghana should consider providing a variety of Information and Communication Technologies or resources proportionally to all public basic schools to encourage more effective teaching and learning.

Source: UCC
Challenges of learning and implementation of nursing process among students at psychiatry nursing training school at ankaful in the central region of Ghana

Introduction: Nursing process serve as a guide for nurses to efficiently care for patients through scientific process. Aim: To find out some of the challenges associated with the learning and implementation of nursing process among student nurses. Methods: This study was quantitative with descriptive research design. Participants were nursing students between the ages 18-32 in level 100, 200 & 300. Multi stage sampling technique was used to sample 215 respondents. Questionnaire was used to collect the data. Analyses of data were done using descriptive statistics. Results: The respondents had good basic knowledge about the nursing process. It was found out that, the time consumption involved in its use, difficulty with diagnosis and its complicated nature were some difficulties in the learning and implementation of the nursing process. Conclusion: The nursing process should be taught as a course on its own other than a topic.

Source: UCC
Challenges of Learning and Implementation of Nursing Process among Students at Psychiatry Nursing Training School at Ankaful in the Central Region of Ghana

Nursing process serve as a guide for nurses to efficiently care for patients through scientific process. Aim: To find out some of the challenges associated with the learning and implementation of nursing process among student nurses. Methods: This study was quantitative with descriptive research design. Participants were nursing students between the ages 18-32 in level 100, 200 & 300. Multi stage sampling technique was used to sample 215 respondents. Questionnaire was used to collect the data. Analyses of data were done using descriptive statistics. Results: The respondents had good basic knowledge about the nursing process. It was found out that, the time consumption involved in its use, difficulty with diagnosis and its complicated nature were some difficulties in the learning and implementation of the nursing process. Conclusion: The nursing process should be taught as a course on its own other than a topic.

Source: UCC
Challenges of management information system at Compassion International Ghana

The study sought to examine the challenges of management information system at Compassion International Ghana in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The specific objectives that guided the study were; to ascertain the manpower challenges of management information systems; to examine the infrastructural challenges of management information systems; and to examine the technological challenges of management information systems at Compassion International Ghana, Head Office, Accra. The study employed a quantitative approach and adopted a descriptive research design. The population of the study was 200 employees and the sample size of 200 using the census sampling technique. All 200 questionnaires were valid and considered for the study representing a response rate of 100%. The main instrument used for this study was a structured questionnaire with statistical tools including; mean, standard deviation (SD), frequencies and percentages. The study adopted a simple random technique. The study findings first indicated that Compassion International Ghana emulates all the three categorical challenges of Management Information system. The implication here is that management information systems are inextricable entwine d with increased transparency, accountability, and good governance, however, could hindered by these challenges. It was further indicated that there were insufficient resources in terms of professionally trained management information system managers, training-starve d administrative staff and office space. Therefore, it was recommended that management of Compassion International Ghana, Head office, Accra should improve on the security measures in the protection of information systems.

Source: UCC