Abstract:
The study was to find out the perception of mentees from OLA College of
Education on mentorship programme as an initial teacher preparation in
Colleges of Education in Ghana. The purposive sampling was used to select 120
mentees from OLA College of Education who were on their internship in the
Mfantseman Municipality and Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District, all in the
Central Region of Ghana. The major findings were that the mentorship
programme was of great benefit as an initial teacher preparation programme
since mentees and teachers of the partnership schools gained a lot of
knowledge, skills, and experience in the teaching and learning process. The
challenges faced by the mentees include poor interpersonal relationship with
some members of the community. Respondents rated the mentorship programme
as very good and were of the view that it should be continued even though some
improvements should be made. Among the recommendations are that series of
workshops should be organized for headteachers and teachers of partner
schools on their roles in the mentorship programme, so that mentees are not
overburdened.
