Assessment of school-community relationship and its effects on the academic performance of Junior High Schools at Dunkwa-On- Offin Municipality.
| dc.contributor.author | ABOAGYE, ALEXANDER | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-04-08T17:03:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-04-08T17:03:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-11 | |
| dc.description | A Thesis Submitted In Partial Fulfilment Of The Requirements For The Award Of Master Of Philosophy In Sociology. | |
| dc.description.abstract | In today‟s competitive global setting, students‟ performance is an important element of the school‟s achievement. This study looked at school-community relationship and its effects on the academic performance of Junior High Schools at Dunkwa-on-Offin. The objectives were to identify the relationship between Dunkwa Junior High School and the community and the factors that account for it, examine the relationship between students‟ academic performance and community-school co-existence and identify the prudent ways of ensuring peaceful coexistence between the community and the school. The study utilized survey design of 290 respondents in Dunkwa-on-Offin who were sampled using the simple random and purposive sampling techniques. The sample consisted all JHS 1, JHS 2, JHS 3, opinion leaders and members in the community in order to maintain reliability. Questionnaire was the main instrument used to collect the data from the students whilst interview was conducted with parents and school authorities. It was found that as part of good relationship between the schools and community, the community members participate in school programs any time the school invited them such as “my first day at school”, “speech and prize giving day”, “PTA meetings”, “school anniversaries”. The study further found that there was a positive relationship between students‟ academic performance and community-school co-existence. The study revealed that students are able to perform better when the schools and community co-exist peacefully. It was found that through school and community relations both teachers and students are motivated which leads to improvement in students‟ performance. There were some few factors that hindered peaceful co-existence between the school and community such as truancy/child absenteeism, sexual harassment of students by teachers and poor academic performance. The study therefore recommends that these factors could be addressed by involving parents and opinion leaders in decision making process of the schools to bring peaceful co-existence between the schools and community. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | KNUST | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/16501 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | KNUST | |
| dc.title | Assessment of school-community relationship and its effects on the academic performance of Junior High Schools at Dunkwa-On- Offin Municipality. | |
| dc.type | Thesis |