Administrative challenges confronting public basic school headteachers in the Bosomtwe district of the Ashanti Region

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the administrative challenges facing public Basic school head teachers in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region. The objectives of the study were to find out administrative duties head teachers perform in basic schools, examine the administrative challenges head teachers face in managing basic schools and to determine measures that can be adopted to overcome the administrative challenges head teachers face in managing basic schools at Bosomtwe District. Descriptive survey design was used for the study. The population for the study was head teachers. Simple random sampling was used to select 86 head teachers for the study. Questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The reliability test yielded Cronbach Alpha of 0.81. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the result were presented using frequencies and percentages. The study found that head teachers ensured the implementation of curriculum, supervised instruction of teachers, and ensured adequacy of teaching and learning materials. One of the challenges head teachers faced was lack of cooperation from teachers. Based on the findings, it is recommended that the Bosomtwe District Director of Education should liaise with the Ghana Education Service to provide adequate financial resources to head teachers to facilitate their administrative duties.