Abstract:
The study investigated home environmental, school, and teacher factors that had
accounted for low BECE performance in Akpafu Odomi JHS, in the Hohoe
Municipality of the Volta Region. The study employed a descriptive survey design.
Also, stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select 61
teachers, students and parents who participated in the study. The instrument used for
data collection was a questionnaire. Questionnaires were designed for all three
categories of participants. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive
statistics such as frequency distribution and percentages. The Study found that parents
in the Akpafu Odomi communities engaged their wards in petty trading and farming
activities after school which prevented them from studying. Again, it came out from
the study that basic schools in the area lacked library facilities. It was, therefore
recommended that parents must refrain from engaging student in farming activities
and petty trading after school and rather encouraged them to study at home. In the
same vein, schools must desist from using students to do menial work during
instructional hours in the name of generating income for the school. Also,
Stakeholders of education must build libraries in the communities as well as the
schools in order to ensure that students have a place to do their private studies.
Description:
A Project Report 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 (Educational Leadership) degree