Abstract:
Since the inception of Ghana’s Educational Reform Programme in 1987, so many
interventions have been put in place by the government and various donor
organizations. Among them is the Quality Improvement in Primary School
(QUIPS) programme sponsored by the USAID, which started in 1997, aimed at
improving teaching and learning at the basic level. The purpose of the study was
to determine the level of improvement in academic performance of pupils in New
Edubiase Methodist Primary School since the inception of the QUIPS
programme. It was also to find out what impact the programme has had on the
teachers in the school as well as the assistance that the programme has given to
parents and the community. The sample for the study included teachers of the
New Edubiase Methodist Primary School and the parents who have their
children in the school, numbering 58. The instruments used to collect data were
questionnaire and interview. In analyzing the data, frequencies and percentages
were used. The study revealed the following: The introduction of the QUIPS
programme has helped to improve academic performance of the pupils in New
Edubiase Methodist Primary School; The teachers in the school have improved
their professional expertise through in-service training organized during the
intervention; The parents and the community have also benefited indirectly from the programme; and that the District Assembly has contributed towards the
implementation of the QUIPS programme.
