scholarly journals Factors affecting graduate completion of the master's thesis at the University of Cape Coast

2000 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 143-160
Author(s):  
Stephen Baafi-Frimpong
Keyword(s):  
Financial Resources ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Successful Completion ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Master's Thesis ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Thesis Work ◽  
Significant Factors

This study which was a descriptive survey, was basically to find out the factors that affected the completion of the masters thesis at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Ghana. The primary purpose of the research was to identify factors that might be hindering masters degree students from completing their theses, thereby either delaying or forgoing the successful completion of the degree. The participants in this study were "Successful Thesis Graduates" (STGs), "All-But Thesis" students (ABTs) who were enrolled between the years 1989 and 1993 and lecturers who served as thesis supervisors within the same period. The five most significant factors identified as obstacles to completion of the thesis in order ofimportance were : (1) lack ofbooks and other relevant materials; (2) lack of financial resources; (3) students' lukewarm attitude or lack of seriousness; (4) supervisors' delay in vetting work submitted by students; (5) students' work demands or combining thesis work with other jobs.

scholarly journals Challenges and coping strategies of student mothers of ‘ucc’ college of distance education: The case of the Cape Coast centre

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Akomaning ◽  
Abigail Boatemaa Osafo
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Academic Challenges ◽  
Student Mothers ◽  
Counselling Services ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Student mothers in distance education programmes in Ghana have to combine family roles with work and academic pursuits. Therefore, this study sought to find out the challenges and coping strategies of student mothers at the College of Distance Education (CoDE) of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Cape Coast Centre. In this descriptive survey, a questionnaire was used to collect data from 175 conveniently sampled student mothers attending classes at Cape Coast Centre, CoDE, UCC. The data collected was analysed using frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations. The findings from the data gleaned that majority of student mothers (a minimum of 71%) performed a lot of laborious non-academic activities daily in their homes and the combination of these roles with their academics pose a negative high effect on their family lives and academics. Unfortunately, the coping strategies they employed were, to a large extent, ineffective. Thus, student mothers have inevitable academic impediments that emanate from the non-academic activities they perform at home, posing challenges to their academic pursuit. Therefore, CoDE, in collaboration with the Counselling Unit of the University of Cape Coast should provide counselling services to these student mothers to be aware of the academic challenges and ways to effectively navigate these challenges to be successful.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Pupils’ Absenteeism at Felicormfort Junior High School (JHS) in Cape Coast, Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Felix Senyametor ◽  
Emmanuel Kofi Gyimah ◽  
Vincent Mensah Minadzi
Keyword(s):  
Junior High School ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
The University ◽  
District Assemblies

This study aimed at finding out factors affecting pupils’ absenteeism at Felicomfort JHS at Amamoma within the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. The total population was 145 covering the JHS1, JHS2, JHS3 pupils and teachers of the school. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 34 respondents. These were made up of 10 out of 15 teachers, 10 parents out of 53 and 14 pupils out of their accessible population of 56. Pretest, posttest, questionnaires and interviews were used to collect data from respondents. Case study design was used for the study and data analysis was done, using mean values, frequency and percentage counts with the Predictive Analytical Software (PASW) version 21. Key findings of the study indicated that 71.4 percent of absenteeism was due to teachers’ inability to care and find out from pupils the cause of their absenteeism, while 70 percent of respondents indicated that parental lack of care was the major cause of their absenteeism. However, majority (10) of respondents (71%) disagreed that pupils’ attitudes were part of the contributory factors to their habitual absenteeism. The overall percentage mean (58%) representing 8 of the pupils discounted teacher factor as responsible for their absenteeism. It was recommended that government through the District Assemblies offer some financial assistance to poor and single parents to enable them to adequately cater for their wards at school.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing the Discard of Custom-made Garments among Female Students of University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-76
Author(s):  
Olive Asiwome Tsyewu ◽  
Patience Danquah Monnie
Keyword(s):  
Survey Design ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Data Analyses ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Custom Made ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This paper examined the factors that are likely to cause the discard of custom-made garments among female students of the University of Cape Coast. The descriptive survey design was used for the study and the total number of participants was 246.  The Predictive Analytical Software was employed for data analyses. The data gathered were analysed using inferential statistics and descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages. The study revealed that constructional factors form a higher percentage of the factors that lead respondents to discard their custom-made garments. The major factors that resulted in the discard of custom-made garments among the respondents were poorly stitched garments, poor fit, uncomfortable lining issues, and poor conditions of notions. Slit and Kaba (traditional dress for women in Ghana, the slit is an ankle length skirt and the kaba is a blouse) was the most frequently discarded custom-made garments among the respondents. It was recommended that in decreasing the rate of discard of custom-made garments, dressmakers should select appropriate stitches and notions for garment construction. They should ensure quality in the products they produce and check the fit of the garments properly before handing them over to clients to meet their expectations. 

scholarly journals Hassles and Panacea to Educational Researches in South- South Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (25) ◽  
pp. 250
Author(s):  
Dokubo N. Isaac ◽  
Dokubo Chivuikem Isaac
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Research Work ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Port Harcourt ◽  
The University ◽  
Rivers State ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This study examined the problems affecting educational researches in South-South Nigeria. The research work was conducted at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers state (UNIPORT); Niger Delta University, Amasoma, Bayelsa state (NDU); and the University of Calabar, Cross Rivers state (UNICAL). Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population for the study was 3000 which comprised of final year students and academic staff in the above mentioned institutions. A sample size of 600 was drawn from the population. Four research questions guided the study. A 30- item questionnaire was developed and administered. The study revealed governmental factors, tertiary institutional factors, and researchers’ factors affecting educational researches in South-South Nigeria. Recommendations were made such as: the various state governments should improve on the security condition in their respective regions; the managements of the South- South tertiary institutions should encourage lecturers to carry out researches by making funds available to them through Tertiary Education Trust (TET) fund; e-libraries should be introduced, etc.

Influence of feeding fermented liquid feed on faecal bacterial flora and selected colostrum parameters of lactating sows

2002 ◽  
Vol 2002 ◽  
pp. 83-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Demecková ◽  
D. Kelly ◽  
P.H. Brooks ◽  
A. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Immune System ◽  
Bacterial Flora ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Pork Production ◽  
Management Interventions ◽  
Liquid Feed ◽  
Lactating Sows ◽  
Critical Phases ◽  
The University ◽  
Significant Factors

Farrowing and lactation are two of the most critical phases of pork production. A relatively high proportion of pig losses occurs during these periods. Rapid bacterial colonisation of piglets’ sterile gut and underdeveloped immune system represents a very dangerous combination of events. The most significant factors affecting the microflora of the piglet’s gut is its mother and the environment into which it is born. Therefore, management interventions and nutritional regimes that influence the microbiology of the sow’s faeces in a beneficial way are likely also to influence the neonate. Work at the University of Plymouth and at Foulum in Denmark has shown that feed may be fermented successfully with lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and that this process reduces the number of salmonellae and coliforms in the feed and consequently in the lower gastrointestinal tract (Brooks et al. 2001). Recent studies strongly support the hypothesis that orally administered LAB stimulate the immune system, both at the local and systemic level. This combination of effective immunity and reduced level of environmental contamination with faecal pathogens can lead to improved management of sows for increased litter size and weight at weaning time.

scholarly journals Application of the method of expert assessments to determine the most significant factors when choosing a real estate object by modern youth

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Tsygankova ◽  
Valentina Ushakova ◽  
Galina Rjapolova
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Project Financing ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Expert Assessments ◽  
The University ◽  
Significant Factors

The construction sector is one of the most important sectors of the economy, accounting for about 3 % of Russia's GDP. On 27.06.2019, amendments were made to Federal law No. 214-FZ "On participation in shared construction of apartment buildings and other real estate objects", which additionally guarantees the security of real estate transactions in connection with the transition from shared participation in the construction of an object to project financing. According to statistics, today 54 % of real estate buyers are people aged 25 years or older, i.e. a fairly young generation that has a fundamentally new view in society and forms its own factors of preference for choosing a real estate object. As a rule, by the end of their studies at the University, a young person has already formed an idea about their future, plans, career, financial and material well-being, including the acquisition of a real estate object. The purpose of the study is to determine the factors that are most significant for young people when choosing real estate objects when switching to new project financing conditions, including determining preference factors for people of different genders. In this regard, the authors conducted a survey of students of the 4th year of Tyumen industrial University in the number of 31 people acting as experts. The study was conducted using the method of expert assessments to identify the most significant factors when choosing a real estate object by modern youth. The study revealed an increase in the consistency of experts' opinions, depending on the decrease in the number of survey participants. As a result, two expert groups of five people – boys and girls-were formed. The study was formed by a group of factors that are preferred when choosing a real estate boys and girls, and had developed a method of determining the overall important factors affecting the choice of the property to modern youth on the basis of the results of the two groups.

scholarly journals Investigation into Factors Affecting Students’ Academic Performance in Tertiary Institutions as Expressed by Undergraduates

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-75
Author(s):  
Florence Adeoti Yusuf ◽  
Ayoade Ejiwale Okanlawon ◽  
Taiwo Rukayat Oladayo
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
School Counsellors ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Frequency Counts ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. Two hundred (200) undergraduates were randomly selected from four (4) randomly selected universities in Osun state. A structured questionnaire entitled Factors Affecting Students’ Academic Performance Questionnaire (FASAPQ) which had four sections was developed and validated. Frequency counts, simple and percentage and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to analyse the data collected. The findings of the study show that age had influence on students’ academic performance in tertiary institutions. The findings also revealed that the peer group had influence on students’ academic performance in tertiary institutions. The results also supported the idea that learning environment had influence on students’ academic performance in tertiary institutions. Furthermore, the difference in the students’ across institutions perception on factors affecting the academic performance of students in tertiary institutions was found insignificant (F(3,196) = 1.138, p>0.05).Based on the findings of the study, the following recommendations were made: the school counsellors should be organizing orientation programmes for new undergraduates to get them familiar with the new environment and to understand the university.

scholarly journals Effects of Training on the Performance of Senior Administrative Staff of University of Cape Coast

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 235
Author(s):  
Raphael Papa Kweku Andoh ◽  
Robert Appiah ◽  
Mark Kofi Adom-Nyankey
Keyword(s):  
Survey Design ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
University Management ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Regular Training ◽  
Share Information

<p>The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of training programmes and opportunities for transfer of training on the performance of senior administrative staff of UCC.<strong> </strong>The descriptive survey design was employed for the study. The survey employed purposive and simple random sampling techniques in selecting a total of 158 respondents (senior administrative staff) for the study. The study revealed among others that training programmes are not administered regularly, perceptions/views of senior administrative staff about training programmes were not evaluated and their skills as well as behaviours were not assessed after training, there was inadequate practice during training and knowledge of staff were not measured after the training, the university does not place much emphasis on the application of training on the job and as well portals were not available to help store and share information with staff. The following recommendations were made; There should be regular training programmes for the senior administrative staff of UCC, more time should be allotted for practice during training, measures should be put in place by the university management to ensure that there is much emphasis on the application of knowledge acquired from training programmes, the perceptions/views of senior administrative staff about training programmes should be evaluated, skills and behaviour of senior administrative staff should be assessed/evaluated after training, an informational maps should be developed and published to be used by staff.</p>

The Stress Respond, Related To the Opioid Abstinence And Detoxification: literature review

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-90
Author(s):  
Robertas Badaras ◽  
Gabija Dragelytė ◽  
Indrė Vaitekonytė ◽  
Juozas Ivaškevičius ◽  
Jūratė Šipylaitė
Keyword(s):  
Opioid Dependence ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Successful Completion ◽  
Minimum Risk ◽  
Medical Databases ◽  
Dosing Regimens ◽  
Naltrexone Treatment ◽  
Dopaminergic Pathways ◽  
Pituitary Adrenal Axis ◽  
Opioid Detoxification

Materials and Methods. Published articles on the opioid abuse and methods of opioid detoxification were identified by searching medical databases, using corresponding literature and were also searched manually for applicable papers. The search was limited to articles published from 1985 through 2014. Results. Opioid dependence determine pathophysiologic changes in the dopaminergic pathways of the organism, as well as the alterations in the stress-responsive hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. The usage of opioid antagonists in the early stages of withdrawal, can lead the effectiveness of opioid detoxification to 100%. Rapid opioid detoxification do not remove all the symptoms of abstinence. Negative aspects, concerning the procedure, while using prevention, can be reduced to the minimum risk. Rapid opioid detoxification, comparing it with Ultrarapid opioid detoxification procedure, diverges as less financial resources and a lower risk containing technique. Conclusions. Use of antagonists may reduce the duration of withdrawal, thus reducing the overall severity of withdrawal and increasing the chances of successful completion. This technique facilitates commencement of naltrexone treatment. Dosing regimens used in clinical trials vary. Subsequent results do not correlate with the methods of detoxification.

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