Students’ and tutors’ perception of the performance of final year students of tamale nurses training college in licensing examination from 2001-2004

Abstract

The main focus of this study was to find out the perception tutors’ and students' hold on the performance of final year students of Tamale Nurses Training College in licensing examination from 2001-2004. A descriptive survey was the research design used. A questionnaire was the instrument used to collect data. The items were developed from related literature on the study. A total number of 100 respondents were selected through purposive and random sampling. These included 16 tutors and 84 students The results indicated that availability of teaching aids promote teaching and learning. The study also revealed that nursing and health related textbooks are not available in the college library. This could be a major contributory factor to the students poor performance in the licensing examination. The study further revealed that indisciplinary behaviour (acts) had influence on the students performance. Additionally, the study showed that indiscipline in the college has some effect in the college (influence on students performance/teaching and learning process) which include: 1a Disciplinary problems in the college usually reduce the time for teaching and learning process b Disciplinary problems in the college affect academic performance of students c Indiscipline in the college makes teaching unpleasant thus learning to transfer of tutors to other schools. 2. Teacher qualification is a pre-requisite to student performance