Abstract:
This study examined teachers‟ participation in decision making and job
satisfaction in basic schools in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District.The
cross-sectional descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Through
the use of multi-stage (cluster and proportionate) technique and the simple
random sampling procedures, 260 teachers were involved in the study.
Questionnaire was used to gather the requisite data for the study. Data were
analysed through the computation of descriptive and inferential statistics such
as frequencies, percentages, mean of means distributions and multiple
regression. The study established that to a moderate extent, teachers were
involved in decisions pertaining to: the management of curriculum and
instruction, management of physical and material resources, management of
students‟ and teachers‟ activities, and management of school community
partnership. Also, the majority of the teachers were fairly satisfied with their
participation in school based decisions. Again, there was a moderate, positive
correlation between teachers‟ involvement in school-based decision making
and their job satisfaction. The study recommended that, the Ministry of
Education (MoE), the Ghana Education Service (GES), and headteachers
should highly involve teachers in decisions regarding advice on acquisition of
text books for the new syllabus, and the registration of students for national
exams (BECE) online.
