Abstract:
The study assessed the quality in education of private senior high schools
in the East Akim municipality of Ghana. The research design used for the study
was descriptive survey. A total sample of 207 including 9 headmasters, 98
teaching staff and 100 prefects, was selected for the study. All the 9 school heads
and 100 students were purposively selected. The simple random sampling
technique was used to select the teachers. The instrument used for gathering data
was questionnaire. The results of the reliability test were r = .799 for the
questionnaire for school heads, r = .755 for questionnaire for teachers and r = .789
for the questionnaire for prefects. The descriptive statistics such as frequencies
and percentages were used where applicable to analyze data.
The main findings from the study were that headmastersdo not involve
teachers and students in the school administration.The schools do not have Board
of Governors and the Parent Teachers Association is not functional. Teachers are
demotivated and most students in the schools failed their Basic Education
Certificate Examination. The schools have not created the right learning
environment for academic work and ICT is not fully integrated into the
curriculum of the schools.The study recommends that the school owners should ensure that the right
environment is created to promote effective teaching and learning in the various
schools.
