Abstract:
This study explored the role of co-curricular activities in promoting Moral
Education of Senior High School Students in the Sunyani Municipality. Case
study research design was employed in the study. The sample size for the students
who answered the questionnaires was 316 while the teachers were 203. Key
were used to gather the requisite data for the study. The simple random, census
and purposive sampling procedures were used to select students, teachers and key
percentages, means as well as standard deviations. The qualitative data were
analysed thematically. It was found out that various co-curricular activities
championed by religious and social clubs are implemented in the Senior High
Schools in the study area. The level of participation for heads of schools and
coordinators of clubs was low. However, teachers and students highly patronised
the co-curricular activities. Students learn plethora of moral lessons from cocurricular
activities. Co-curricular activities are also capable of instilling into
participants all the moral competences listed in the seven vector of Chickerings’
Psychosocial Development Theory. Co-curricular activities are faced with
student, administrative, school and curriculum related challenges. It was among
other things recommended that stakeholders of Education should come out with a
policy guideline on the types of co-curricular activities that should be
implemented in the school system.
