Abstract:
The study explored the impact of the QUIPS project on the primary education
system in Ghana by employing the Tano District as a case study. The underlying principle
was that the implementation of the QUIPS project in primary schools will increase the
enrolment of pupils, improve performance of both teachers and pupils and also bring about
greater community participation in the management of schools.
The sample consisted of 474 pupils, 18 teachers and three headteachers drawn from
the three QUIPS schools in the Tano District of the Brong Ahafo Region. The main
instruments used for the study were a questionnaire and an observation checklist. The
intervention included supplying more teaching-learning materials (TLMs) to the sampled
schools, providing the needed infrastructure facilities, staffing the schools with qualified
and professional teachers, (already in the system), involving the local community in the
management of schools and regular supervision from the District Directorate of Education
and the national secretariat of the QUIPS project.
The key findings of the study were that at the end of the intervention, enrolment in
the schools had increased, the communities had become more involved in the management
of their schools and performance of teachers and pupils had improved.
Based on the findings of the study, the researcher recommends that the Ministry of
Education, Youth and Sports (MOEYS) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) should
extend the QUIPS project to as many primary schools as possible to help achieve the aims
and objectives of the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) programme in
the shortest possible time.
