Abstract:
This study assessed the CPD needs among teachers of Twi in the Senior High Schools (SHS) in Birim South District, Birim Central Municipal, Asene-Manso-Akroso District, Akyemansa District, and West Akim Municipal of Eastern Region. A descriptive census survey was used in the study; thus, all teachers of Twi in the Senior High School of selected Districts and Municipalities in the Eastern Region. Questionnaire was used to gather data from the respondents. Through a descriptive (frequency, percentages, means, and standard deviation), the study found that teachers of Twi participated in CPD activities like school In-Service Education and Training (INSET) Day, workshops/conferences, collaborative learning, further study, personal research, and reading. They, however, need CPD in subject knowledge, pedagogy, new theories and practices of Twi, curriculum planning and development, and multi-cultural settings. It was also found that CPD influences their instructional practices; however, they faced several challenges such as lack of necessary information on programmes, inadequate fund, lack of Ghana Education Service (GES) /school support, lack of prior consultation/needs identification, and conflict with work schedule. The study, therefore, recommended that the Ministry of Education (MoE) should organize and implement school-based CPD as part of the performance of teachers’ career structure development criteria.
