Abstract:
It is obvious that women will love to have children for their husbands in the Ghanaian
society. However, with the increasing responsibilities of women in society it has become a
challenge for women to have children while fulfilling their new responsibilities in society.
Before now the core role of women in society was to produce children, cook for their
husbands, and respond to their sexual advances when needed. On the other hand, men work
to bring resources home. The situation has changed in contemporary times whereby women
have to work to support their husbands to keep the home financially. The purpose of the study
is to identify and evaluate the educational challenges facing nursing mothers on distance
education programs in the Upper West Region of Ghana. It is also to identify strategies and
interventions in dealing with nursing mothers to create a healthy learning environment for
academic success. The study adopted a case study design, and purposive sampling was used
to select all available nursing mothers taking part in College of Distance Education
University of Cape Coast distance education program. A questionnaire was used to gather
information from thirty-one (31) nursing mothers. Data was analyzed using descriptive
statistics and analysis. The results show that nursing mothers face numerous challenges while
seeking for further education. The major ones been the lack of accommodation for their
babies and babysitters, and competing equally with other students in terms of time during the
examination. The nursing mothers suggested separate room for them during examinations as
well as extra time for the inconveniences the babies create during examinations.
