Challenges of Colleges of Education Internship Programme in Ghana: The Case of Gbewaa College of Education

Abstract

The study sought to determine the challenges interns go through during internship, focusing mainly on curriculum resources, professional and academic issues, mentoring and supervision. The instruments for collection of data were mainly questionnaires and observations. These instruments were used to gather data from a sample size of 231 interns for the study. The main findings revealed that inadequate curriculum resources in the schools of internship, ill-funded internship programme, library facilities and ill-equipped classroom furniture militate against successful implement of the programme. The study further observed that interns lacked the skills of reflective practice, teaching of core subjects in the basic school curriculum and effective classroom management practices. Recommendations were made on the need to increase funding for curriculum material to schools by the Government, Donors, Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) and the Community concerned. A mechanism should also be put in place for interns to evaluate the system. As it stands now, interns, who are key stakeholds do not take part in evaluating the programme directly.