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Education Policy Reform In Ghana And The Role Of Avatime Traditional Leaders, Hubert Kwami Akrong
Education Policy Reform In Ghana And The Role Of Avatime Traditional Leaders, Hubert Kwami Akrong
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractWith declining academic standards in Ghana, public attention has been focused on education policies. In 1992, the amended constitution excluded traditional village leaders from being involved in formulating education policies in Ghana. The exclusion of grassroots leaders from education policy reform resulted in low expectations and poor student outcomes in the towns and villages of Ghana’s Avatime Traditional Area. This case study was an investigation into how traditional chiefs in the Avatime Traditional Area participate in democratic governance to improve education in the region. Joshee and Goldberg’s social justice theory in policy making was used to ground the study. Data …