Challenges that headmasters face in managing community Senior High Schools in the Keta Municipality

Abstract

This study was designed to ascertain the challenges that the community day schools in the Keta Municipality of Ghana are faced with by their management teams. There were nine (9) SHSs in the Keta Municipality but attention was focused on only five (5) schools namely Anlo Afiadenyigba, Anlo Awomefia, Atiavi, Abor and Tsiame. Using the Keta Municipality as a case study, all the Headmasters with their assistants, Departmental Heads and the Board Chairmen amounting to forty (40) were selected to serve as the accessible population who responded to the questionnaire administered to them.Responses collected from the respondents in the form of data were aggregated and converted into percentages to know what obtains for the various schools used for the study. The study revealed that learning resources were not sufficient. The schools were understaffed. Government funding of schools was insufficient as parents were not willing to pay their wards’ fees. On the basis of the findings of this study, the following recommendations are made towards improving upon the challenges that Headmasters face in school management within the Keta Municipality. The requisite learning resources meant for effective teaching and learning should be frequently provided by the Ghana Education Service. Teaching and non-teaching personnel should be adequately provided for the schools whenever the need arises. Government funding to the schools must be adequately and regularly made available to the schools.