Abstract
Non-Governmental Organizations play an indispensable role in the development process in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is evident in the educational sector where most major donor organizations have increased the resources apportioned through NGOs to implement their educational programmes. However, it is sad to indicate that these interventions appear either not to have had significant impact on quality education or the contributions of the NGOs are misplaced in view of the abysmal performance of school children especially at the Basic Education Certificate Examinations in the Tamale Metropolis. The purpose of this current research is to find out the contribution of Non-Governmental Organizations activities in basic education delivery, spotlighting on Action Aid Ghana in Tamale Metropolis. This mixed method study is guided by Oregon’s Quality Education Model. Using a collective case study design, a sample size of 114 respondents comprising actors selected through purposive sampling technique engaged in basic education delivery was used for the study. The data gathered in the form of questionnaires were analyzed quantitatively using descriptive statistics while the interviews conducted were analyzed qualitatively through content analysis in codes, themes, and sub themes with the NVivo10 software. The result showed infrastructure development, provision of teaching and learning materials, capacity development of teachers, provide learning needs to students and school community sensitization as Action Aid support activities to basic education delivery in Tamale Metropolis. These activities have contributed to improved quality teaching and learning, enhanced the availability of teaching and learning materials. However, the support activities were inadequate to improve students’ performances in Basic Education Certificate Examination. In view of the findings, it was recommended that; Action Aid Ghana should set up a supervision and monitoring center in collaboration with the Education Directorate to ensure effective supervision of teaching and learning.
Highlights
1.1 Introduce the ProblemDuring the most recent decade Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have progressively been associated with executing development programmes (Dilevko, 2018)
It is sad to indicate that these interventions appear either not to have had significant impact on quality education or the contributions of the NGOs are misplaced in view of the abysmal performance of ies.ccsenet.org
The study revealed basic education support activities of AAIG in Tamale Metropolis to include, infrastructural development, provision of teaching and learning materials, capacity development of teachers, provision of basic schools needs for school children, sensitization of school communities
Summary
1.1 Introduce the ProblemDuring the most recent decade NGOs have progressively been associated with executing development programmes (Dilevko, 2018). It is worth noting that the sudden recognition of NGOs role in development could largely be attributed to the global recognition of the urgent need to eradicate poverty. This provided for the emerging activities of NGO across most parts of the third world countries in the world of which Ghana is no exception (WHO, 2011). Over the past few decades, Tamale Metropolis is noted for the existence of Non-Governmental Organizations that operate within as development partners and agents Most of these NGOs existed since the 1990s and have reported several interventions including the area of educational development. It is sad to indicate that these interventions appear either not to have had significant impact on quality education or the contributions of the NGOs are misplaced in view of the abysmal performance of ies.ccsenet.org
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