Factors hindering in-service training for basic school teachers in Awutu Senya East Municipal

Abstract

In-service training programmes build the capacity of teachers which positively affect their classroom teaching and learning. The research study aims to describe the factors that hinder in-service training among basic school teachers in Awutu Senya East Municipal. The study employed descriptive survey design. A stratified sampling technique was employed to select 120 of the basic school teachers for the research study. Structured questionnaire was employed to gather data from the respondents. The data were analysed by descriptive statistics in Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The findings revealed that basic school teachers in Awutu Senya East Municipal build their teaching competencies through distance education, sandwich education, regular education, seminar, conference and workshop. It also indicated that basic school teachers mostly engaged in in-service training programme every year , twice a year and at the end of the term. The research study depicted that basic school teachers in Awutu Senya faced challenging in relation to engaged in in-service training. The problems include inadequate financial support, poor regulation ,inadequate facilities to accommodate the training, inadequate training materials, poor regulation, and inadequate in-service training inspectors. The research findings disclosed the strategies the problem indicated earlier. Such problems can be mitigate through provision of adequate funds, adequate training materials, proper regulation ,recruitment of extra teachers and in-service training inspectors. It is recommended that proper supervision policy must be inculcated to education for ensuring proper regulation of effective in-service training at Municipal.