Abstract:
The main objective of this study was to ensure environmental sanitation quality
standards and its implication on the students’ health. The study adopted qualitative
methodology which employed a Case study design. It was done at Offinso College of
Education in Ashanti region of Ghana. The research paradigm used for the study was
the interpretivism approach. It has two assumptions: relativist ontology and
transactional or subjectivist epistemology. Four research questions guided the study.
Instruments used for gathering the data for the study were questionnaire and interview
guide. The population for the study was 635 students in the five departments of the
college, they were Science, Mathematics, Social sciences, Languages and Home
economics. Non- stratified random sampling technique was used to select 150
students comprising 30 students each from the five departments in the college. The
instrument adopted for the study consisted of 30-item questionnaire to elicit
information from the respondents. The questionnaire was validated by three experts.
Cronbach alpha was used to determine the reliability of the instrument which yielded
0.76 coefficient. The data collected was analysed. The study found among others that
the causes of poor sanitation were inadequate hygiene education, neglect of health
facilities, insufficient water supply, inadequate fund to provide sanitation equipment
and poor waste storage method. To ensure efficiency in the promoting quality
environmental sanitation standards, the study recommends that the government at all
levels should provide the necessary funds needed by the school management to ensure
the procurement of various facilities/equipment needed for students to live in a
hygienic environment.
Description:
A thesis in the Department of Science Education,
Faculty of Science Education, submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for the award of the degree of
Master of Philosophy
(Science Education)
in the University of Education, Winneba
DECEMBER, 2020