Abstract:
Student mothers in distance education programmes in Ghana have to combine family
roles with work and academic pursuits. Therefore, this study sought to find out the
academic challenges of nursing mothers on distance education programme at Agogo
College of Education. The study employed descriptive survey design. A
questionnaire was used to collect data from 40 conveniently sampled student
mothers attending Agogo College of Education. The data collected was analyzed
using frequencies and percentages. It was found out that, the student mothers had a
lot of academic challenges in relation to time management, concentration and study
skills. Again, the coping strategies they employed were, that student mothers either
gets assistance from their husbands or hire the service of a domestic paid worker to
assist them in the home to be able to strategize themselves and do well in their
academic work. The study recommended that management and administrators of the
various colleges of distance education should have counselling unit for these student
mothers, who get mentally and psychologically troubled to seek assistance from the
counselling unit to help them have a stabled and a concentrated mind for studies.
Description:
A dissertation in the Department of Educational Foundations,
Faculty of Educational Studies, Submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies, in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for the award of
Postgraduate Diploma
(Education)
in the University of Education, Winneba
