Abstract:
he purpose of this study was to find out the challenges that militate against the
effective implementation of School Health Education Program (SHEP) in public basic
schools in Ejisu Circuit. The objectives of the study were to find out the state of
physical environment of schools that practice SHEP, the roles of SHEP coordinators
in schools and lastly to find out the challenges that affect SHEP implementation.
Descriptive survey design using the quantitative approach was employed for the
study. The population of the study was 284. Census sampling technique was used to
select a sample size of two hundred and seventy-four (274) respondents for the study.
Questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The data from the study were
analyzed using descriptively statistics such as frequencies and percentages. The study
revealed that public basic schools in Ejisu circuit are located in spacious and less
noisy environment; however the toilet and urinal facilities provided for students are
not in the best of shape and conditions. Finally the study revealed that public basic
schools in Ejisu circuit are confronted with challenges as far as the implementation of
SHEP is concern, the challenges include: inadequate funds to support SHEP;
inadequate teaching and learning materials to support; lack of confidence in teaching
topics under SHEP among other factors. The study recommends that Government of
Ghana through Ghana Education Service should make funds and relevant teaching
and learning materials available to support the effective implementation of SHEP.
Description:
A Dissertation in the Department of Educational Leadership, Faculty of
Education and Communication Sciences, submitted to the School of Graduate
Studies, University of Education, Winneba, in partial fulfilment of the
requirements for award of the Master of Arts in (Educational Leadership)
degree
DECEMBER, 2020