Abstract:
The double track system of education was introduced in the 2018/2019 academic year
in 400 senior high schools across the country, Ghana. This was due to increase in
students enrolments as existing facilities could not cater for the classroom demands
and dormitory accommodation. The study explored the challenges and coping
strategies facing management of double-track schools in selected schools in Ashanti
Region of Ghana. The study employed the convergent mixed method research design.
The target population for the study were management and second year students of
three randomly selected double-track schools in Ashanti Region. Management were
purposively and conveniently sampled and interviewed using timely interview
schedules. The data was transcribed, coded and thematically analyzed. The students
were also randomly sampled and given structured questionnaire to answer. The data
was coded and entered into IBM SPSS Version 21, and analyzed with descriptive and
inferential statistics. Drawing from the job Demand Resources Model and Robert
Merton’s theory on adaptation, the study found out that double track-track schools are
faced with infrastructure challenges, inadequate human resource, untimely release of
funds, inability to go for vacation. However, if the challenges are not timely met, they
would affect effective delivery of education at the senior high school level. As a result
of the effect of the challenges, management mostly adopted innovative strategies to
cope with the situation at stake. The study therefore recommended that government
and other agencies should try to provide the needed resources to nip these challenges
in a bud.
Description:
A dissertation in the Department of Science Education
Faculty of Science Education, submitted to the School
of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the award of the degree of
Master of Education
(Science Education)
in the University of Education, Winneba
OCTOBER, 2023
