Community leaders participation in basic school management at Kwadaso Municipality in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region

Abstract

The study investigated community participation in basic school management at Kwadaso Municipality in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The objectives of the study were to find out areas community leaders’ mostly participate in basic school management, identify factors that impede community leaders participation in basic school management and to find out strategies that could enhance community leaders’ participation in basic schools management at Kwadaso Municipality. The study used descriptive survey design. Simple random sampling was used to select 160 respondents comprising 80 PTA executives excluding teachers and 80 SMC executives. Questionnaire was used to gather data for the study. The reliability test yielded Cronbach Alpha of 0.81. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages were used to analyse the data. The study found that community leaders participated in the provision of infrastructure and provision of scholarship to the brilliant pupil. Factors that impeded community participation were found to be lack of communication between the school and community members and lack of understanding of educational issues by community members. Based on the findings and conclusions drawn, it is recommended that School authorities must ensure regular meetings involving community members in matters concerning the school for them to participate in the development of the school. The SMCs and P.T.As should be regularly sensitized on their roles in improving access, school infrastructure, performance and management, monitoring and supervision in basic school management through workshops and seminars by the Municipal Education Office.