Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to investigate the challenges of senior high schools’
headmasters relative to monitoring and evaluation at the Bosomtwe District in the Ashanti
Region of Ghana. The study adopted the qualitative case study approach. The census
sampling technique was used to sample all the headmasters of the six senior high schools in
the Bosomtwe District. A total of twelve headmasters were selected to participate in the
study. An interview guide was used as the main data collection instrument. The study found
that monitoring and evaluation remains an essential managerial function critical to improving
teaching and learning in senior high schools in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region.
Also, the study observed that the main monitoring and evaluation activities performed by the
heads of senior high schools included monitoring, supervising and evaluating teachers and
students teaching and learning activities and also guiding curriculum implementation in the
schools. Additionally, monitoring and evaluation practices by heads of senior high schools
are constrained by inadequate financial resources and teaching and learning materials for
effective teaching and learning to take place. Based on the findings it was recommended that
government increase the funding allocation to the Ministry of Education to enable the
ministry to effectively carry out its mandate of monitoring and evaluating the performance of
the sector. Also, the Ministry of Education should ensure that it provides all necessary
teaching and learning and materials needed to undertake effective monitoring and evaluation
practices in all districts across the country particularly the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti
Region.
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
requirement for award of the Master of Arts (Educational Leadership) degree