Abstract:
There ha s b een pe rsistent, dr astic de cline of t he T extile Industry i n G hana w hich i s
awfully affecting the study of textiles in Ghanaian Textiles education institutions. Upon
this f oundation, t he s tudy sought t o e xamine a nd di scuss t he i mpact of the decline o f
Ghana’s t extile i ndustry on t extiles e ducation i n G hana. T he obj ectives of t he s tudy
among others were to identify and document the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities
of t he G hanaian T extile Industry, p roblems t hat ar e en dangering t he G hanaian t extiles
industry and how they are affecting Textile Education in Ghana. The population for the
study c onsisted of s tudents, l ecturers and he ads of de partments of selected t extiles
education in stitutions in G hana as w ell a s o peratives in G hana te xtile f actories. T he
methodology e mployed w as t he qua litative a pproach and t he de scriptive s urvey.
Observation and interviews were the research instruments used to gather data. The main
findings were that protracted labour unrest in the textile industry, poor attitude of factory
workers and state officials on textiles, smuggling of textiles, under-declared imports, and
copied brands by foreign companies and high cost of textiles production have contributed
to the current declining stage of the industry; and has also contributed adversely to the
reduction of the intake of textile students in textile education institutions. The study then
recommends among others that the government of Ghana invests massively in the local
textile industry by giving bailouts for the acquisition of new machinery, human resource
and m anpower d evelopment, t he pr ovision o f l aboratories a nd e quipment t o e nhance
teaching to make the textiles graduate marketable.
Description:
A THESIS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC, SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF
GRADUATE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA IN PARTIAL
FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARD OF THE MASTER OF
PHILOSOPHY (ART AND CULTURE) DEGREE.
JULY, 2012