Access to basic school syllabus and logistics at a primary school in Fanteakwa north district

Abstract

This research was designed to investigate how teachers and students get access to basic school syllabus and logistics in a primary school in the Fanteakwa north district. The target population was 120 students and teachers in the St. Paul Anglican Primary School, Begoro. The random sampling techniques were used to select the respondents. In all, thirty (30) respondents were involved. Microsoft Excel was used to analyses the data`. Frequency distribution tables were used in the analysis. Based on the findings, recommendations were made which will help for further research. At the end of the study, 28.5% of teachers revealed that access to teaching and learning logistics was not as often as it was available, whiles 56.52% of the students’ respondents said their teachers had access to teaching and learning logistics only when they were available. This collaborated the assertion of the response on the effects of the inadequacy of teaching and learning logistics on the performance of students when 69.57% of students said their performance was always below average due to the inadequacy of teaching and learning logistics. Hence, if the access to reading materials were improved, students would perform well. I recommend the following: •Teaching and learning materials should be provided for basic schools in the district so that academic performance of students can be improved .• Parents should be involved in the provision of teaching and learning logistics to help the teachers perform their duties effectively. •Alternative teaching and learning materials such as internet should be set up in the various basic schools to augment the already existing logistics, which will in the long run help make access to teaching materials easily .•A comparative analysis on the access to teaching and learning logistics between Public and Private basic schools and it impact on their performance .•Access to teaching and learning logistics should not be made as and when available but always, so that there will not be the space for inadequacy.