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Challenges and opportunities for the comprehensive universities: Planning for the future and unleashing excellence.
(University of Ghana, 2017-03-28) Okine, E.
Universities remain critical for the future of our societies and remain as prominent representatives of societal aspirations. In universities we seek knowledge, educate citizens, ask big questions facing society and push the limits of human understanding and knowledge. Indeed, we provide the tools for critical thinking and analyses, provide global perspectives, and continuous learning and lifelong learning ambitions. Employers, however, are grappling with both the shortage of skilled workers and skill gaps in the workers they employ. Specifically, the skill gaps have been reported to be very evident in technical, job specific skills and the so-called soft skills. Universities, thus, face several challenges including; the expectations of students to be provided with experiences that justify their presence on our campuses; increased societal expectations that see universities as glorified trade schools, and the demands that most of our research misses what matters most to society. We will discuss the challenges and opportunities that universities face in their quest to be relevant, and responsive to meet the priorities being advanced by society by building unique student experiences, enhancing our academic programming, connecting to the communities we serve and enhancing our research culture.
Challenges associated with teenage motherhood in Ghana: a qualitative study
(Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 2020-01-26) Dzotsi, H.T.; Asante, K.O.; Osafo, J.
Motherhood can be very challenging and overwhelming whether the individuals involved are teens or adults. Although there is a high prevalence of teenage mothers in urban cities in Ghana, little research has been done on the challenges associated with teen motherhood. This qualitative study was therefore conducted to explore the challenges that teenage mothers experience in Ghana. One-on-one interviews were conducted with 28 purposively selected teenage mothers between the ages of 15 and 19. Through thematic analysis, findings showed that challenges associated with teenage motherhood were strained interpersonal relationships, survival difficulties, educational disruption and steep transition to adulthood. These findings call for supportive programmes and interventions that would help address the contextual challenges of teenage mothers and also step up efforts to decrease the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in Ghana.
Challenges in the Management of a Patient with Myxoedema Coma in Ghana: A Case Report
(Ghana Medical Journal, 2017-03) Akpalu, J.; Atiase, Y.; Yorke, E.; Fiscian, H.; Kootin-Sanwu, C.; Akpalu, A.
Myxoedema coma is a rare life-threatening disease, and it is essential that it is managed appropriately to reduce the associated high mortality. However, in the setting where efficient healthcare delivery is hampered by inadequacies, the management of such cases may pose a significant challenge. We present the case of a middle-aged woman diagnosed with myxoedema coma and severe hyponatremia. The case report highlights some of the challenges that may be encountered during the management of myxoedema coma in similar settings and outlines the management strategies undertaken to overcome them in the absence of national guidelines. It also brings to the fore the need for clinicians to look out for clinical features suggestive of hypothyroidism particularly among high risk individuals for early diagnosis and treatment.
The Challenges of Business Registration In Ghana: A Case Study of The Registrar Generals Department
(University of Ghana, 2018-06) Morkeh, E.K.
The motivation to study the challenges of business registration in Ghana, a case study of the Registrar Generals Department emanates from the fact that in light of the many reforms introduced at the RDG, there seems to be a number of challenges facing the registration of businesses. The main objective of the study is firstly to find out the factors that account for the delays in the registration of business at the RGD in Ghana and measures that could be put in place to reduce the delays in business registration. The study used a mixed method of both qualitative and quantitative methods to arrive at its findings. The key findings of the study concerning the challenges of business registration are; unofficial work for financial rewards by staff of the RGD, lack of advanced technological equipment, inadequate documents submitted by clients, lack of client knowledge of the online registration process and the centralized nature of the RGD. To tackle the challenges above, the following measures were suggested, major educational campaign or drive, establishment of decentralized offices of RGD and one-stop shops. Clients and staff strongly agreed that education, decentrazition and technology are critical in ensuring effective business registration in Ghana.
COVID-19 and tertiary students’ knowledge, usage and challenges of using online learning platforms
(Cogent Education, 2022) Yeboah, R.
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in most universities engaging in emergency online learning, which they were not adequately prepared for. The emergency nature of the learning process raises questions on how students are able to effectively engage in the process. This study explored undergraduate students from the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Ghana’s knowledge, usage and challenges of using online learning platforms during the 2019 2020 is the second semester of the academic year. The students had to complete all courses online in the middle of the semester because of the pandemic. Five hundred and thirty-eight (538) students participated in the study; a survey was used to collect data from the students. Descriptive statistics (percentages and frequencies) and inferential statistics (t-test) were used to analyse the data. The results show that not all students who took part in online learning knew about online learning platforms, indicating that students were not given the needed training before all courses were migrated to be taught online. Almost half (45%) of the students were not engaged in online platforms for learning before COVID-19, indicating engaging Online learning was a very new experience for many of the students. As a result, some students were not able to use and engage in the online platforms and a lot of them indicated they were not comfortable learning online. Access to internet data (61%), stable electricity (54%), technological equipment (47%), internet connectivity problems (77%) and geographical location (47%) did not allow some students to participate well in online learning.
Learning by distance: Prospects, challenges, and strategies
(Unified Journal of Educational Research and General Studies, 2015-11) Biney, I.K.; Worlanyo, E.K.
Th e advancement in teaching and learning technologies places learning by distance at the centre in higher education institutions . Hence single - mode tertiary institutions are becoming dual - mode institutions, delivering distance education (DE) opportun ities , to a critical mass of learners . Today, p eople are working and learnin g simultaneously, to adjust to the changing work environment. This paper explores prospects, challenges and strate gies in DE . On prospects, it was revealed that higher education institutions involved in DE saves money as student number increases while over head s cost remain relatively stable. M any unreached students are reached. University education is sent to the doorsteps of learners. The issue of time and space is bridged . S tudent - centred teaching and learn ing is encouraged. L ow and late supply of learnin g materials, low quality of instruction, negative percepti on of family members towards DE a nd poor attitudes of tutors toward tutoring were revealed . L ack of timely feedback from lecturers, lack of interaction among learners, and lack of support by the fac ulty were identified . It r ecommends that management s of DE programs should be selfless in providing services to students. Lecturers should adopt teaching technologies to engen der meaningful learning amongst students.
The Role of the Presbyterian Go-Home Project in Addressing the Challenges of the Gambaga Witch Camp
(2017-07) Naboo, E. W
The thesis basically investigated the role of the Presbyterian Go-Home Project in trying to address the challenges of the Gambaga Witch Camp in the Northern Region of Ghana. The belief in witchcraft is widespread in the Northern part of Ghana, and for that matter in the Mamprugu traditional area. It is deeply rooted in the socio-cultural and indigenous religious beliefs and practices of the people to the extent that the belief is “institutionalized” in some parts of Northern Ghana. This is manifested in the existence of about six witch camps in different parts of the Northern Region of Ghana. Women and men accused of witchcraft are either maltreated or banished from their communities to go on self-imposed exile to the witch camps for fear of being lynched. The Gambaga Witch Camp, which is the first of its kind in Ghana, is attached to a traditional shrine which presumably, provides protection for the alleged witches and thereby believed to neutralize their powers to cause harm to others. Currently, conditions in the Gambaga Witch Camp are very deplorable and the women and their children are wallowing in misery, poverty, and indignity, which is against their human rights. It is against these challenges that the Presbyterian Church of Ghana expressed reservations about keeping the accused women at the witch camp. The church saw it as a developmental issue and as part of her social responsibility, started giving support in the form of food items, clothing, shelter and healthcare to the inmates of the camp. They also initiated a program known as the Presbyterian Go-Home Project, to facilitate their reintegration into their original communities and families. The qualitative method was used to collect the data. On the research field, the researcher employed interviews, and participant observation to gather the required data. Data was also obtained from both primary and secondary sources. The findings of the research show that, University of Ghana http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh vi the Presbyterian Go-Home project is faced with three major challenges. First, how to address the issue of witchcraft accusation and the inhuman treatment meted out to alleged witches. Second, how to address their immediate needs in the witch camp, and third, how to reintegrate the alleged witches back to their families. The outcome of the study would help policy makers, Civil Society Organizations, religious bodies and other benevolent organizations to focus their attention on addressing the challenges of the alleged witches in the camps. The work also aims at contributing to academic knowledge on witchcraft and witch camps by documenting facts which could otherwise be lost in oral tradition.
Sixty years of university-based education in Ghana: challenges and prospects of making transition into a lifelong learning institution
(International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2012-04) Tagoe, M.A.
Within the last decade, adult education has faced significant challenges in terms of its relevance to socio-economic development as it sought to define itself through many international conferences. In spite of these re-conceptualisations, adult education continues to be relegated to the periphery, and therefore lacks the needed funding to play a key role in national development. This paper traces the history of university-based adult education in Ghana. The paper examines how various conceptualisations of adult education have affected university-based adult education in Ghana. Within the context of globalisation and the progression towards knowledge-based society, the paper discusses adult and continuing education as lifelong learning and explains how the Institute of Continuing and Distance Education could transforming itself into a university-based lifelong learning institution.
Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Ghana: A Case Study of Accra Metropolitan Assembly
(University of Ghana, 2018-07) Danquah, S.
The aim of the study is to investigate the challenges to sustainable solid waste management in Ghana using the Accra Metropolitan Assembly as a case study. Solid waste management has several functional elements, including waste generation, waste handling and collection, transfer and transport and final disposal. The role of private waste collection organization is generally believed to be central in managing solid waste in the AMA. The study employed a case study within the qualitative research paradigm. In all seventeen (17) .interviews were conducted for the research. The research findings show that solid waste management in the AMA has been bedeviled with many challenges. These challenges include limited knowledge on systems and technologies for waste management, inadequate funding, lack of equipment for collecting waste, inadequate dumping sites, and absence of decision makers interested in environmental issues. The research therefore, recommends an integrated approach to waste management in the AMA, where all stakeholders are given the opportunity to make inputs into strategies to manage solid waste in the AMA.
We are willing, but we have challenges’: Qualitative enquiry on midwives’ views on factors influencing the prevention of mother to-child transmission of hepatitis B program
(SAGE Open Nursing, 2024) Atoko, A.M.; Naab,F.; Adjei, C.A.; Senoo-Dogbey, V.E.
Introduction: Mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B infection is one of the major routes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in Africa. Amusingly, Africa is the only region yet to meet the World Health Organization’s target of reducing the prevalence of HBV infection to less than 1% among children under 5 years of age by 2020. In Ghana, little has been doc umented about midwives’ views on the factors impacting the successful implementation of mother-to-child transmission via HBV prevention programs. Objective: This study explored midwives’ views on the challenges associated with the prevention of mother-to-child trans mission of HBV infection in the La-Nkwantanang municipality. Methods: The study adopted an exploratory descriptive qualitative design and involved 14 midwives who were purposively recruited from a primary-level health facility in the La-Nkwantanang Municipality, Accra. Individual face-to-face interviews were conducted using an in-depth interview guide. The data were content analyzed using the six steps recommended by Braun and Clark. Results: Three main themes, namely, health professional or midwife factors and patient and health facility factors, negatively impacted the prevention of maternal-to-child transmission program. The five subthemes identified in this study included lack of awareness, financial constraints, and unavailability of logistics and protocols. The study recognized that midwives face many challenges even though they have a strong desire to prevent vertical transmission of HBV. Conclusion: The implementation of a mother-to-child transmission program is negatively impacted by many intrinsic, client, and health facility factors. Midwives who act as major stakeholders need to be periodically trained on the components and protocols for managing pregnant women living with HBV. The necessary logistics and management protocols need to be urgently provided. The skills and education obtained from the training will empower midwives to be knowledgeable about how to deliver quality care and provide education and support for HBV-infected pregnant women. The provision of logistics needed for the successful implementation of the program could avert delays associated with the administration of the hepatitis B birth dose vaccine and immunoglobulin to exposed newborns