Abstract:
The main aim of this study was to investigate and analyze the effectiveness of
recruitment & selection of non professional teaching staff in the Ghana Education
Service, keeping in view procedural fairness, transparency, line manager role, human
resource competency in the organization. The study would assist and motivate the
HRMD to recruit & select the best potential candidate to fill vacancies that exist in the
district education office and other offices in GES. It further assist the non professional
teaching staff in GES to also get information before they could apply for specific position
in GES. The population of the study was targeted to HRMD, other officials in the district
education office and in the senior high schools. The sample size was 96 and main
instrument used for the study was the questionnaire. The results of the study indicated that
the human resource department should be given in service training on the procedure for
recruitment and selection of non-professional teaching staff in GES. Also, generally, all
Ghanaian staffs of the GES irrespective of their area of specialization would have to go
through lay down procedure in recruitment and selection of non-professional teaching
staff by GES. There is also a clear indication in Ghana today, human resource department
collect kick-becks before they recruit them. The study recommended that the ministry of
education as a short measure should review the procedure that the human resource
department followed in the recruitment and selection of non-professional teaching staff in
the Ghana Education Service. Notwithstanding, the ministry of education should also
assist to develop system that the human resource departments could use to recruit and
select qualified potential candidates to fill a vacant position in the service, and make sure
that the departments have a strategy and action plan for recruitment and selection process,
and research in it.
Description:
A Project Report in the Department of Educational Leadership, Faculty of
Education and Communication Sciences, Submitted to the School of Graduate
Studies, University of Education, Winneba in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Award of Master of Arts
(Educational Leadership) Degree
