IMPROVING THE PROJECT SKILLS OF ZANTELI JHS AND PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ON SCHOOLBASED ASSESSMENT (SBA) IN THE GUSHEGU DISTRICT

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to improve the skills of Zanteli Junior High and Primary School teachers in conducting School Based Project Assessment in the Gushegu District of the Northern Region of Ghana. The project adopted a participatory action research design and collected data through two questionnaires: The Pre-Intervention and Post Intervention Questionnaire. A school-based workshop was conducted for teachers in the Zanteli Junior High School and Primary schools in the Gushegu District of the Northern Region of Ghana. Ten (10) teachers were purposively selected for the study. The study revealed that, teachers in the Zanteli Primary and Junior High School had limited knowledge in planning, scoring, analysing and reporting School Based Assessment. However, after the intervention training, there was evidence of increased skills of respondents in planning, scoring, analysing and reporting of SBA. In terms of project planning, the study revealed that a lot of teachers as high as 90% had very limited knowledge in preparing cognitive lesson plans with only 10% having limited knowledge/skills. Post intervention results however showed a significant improvement in the skills of teachers to 80% sufficiency in skills level. Finally, the study also revealed resource constraints and limited knowledge of teachers as the major challenges of successfully implementation of School Based Assessment Projects in schools. The study concluded by recommending that the Ghana Education Service supported by headteachers should provide regular skills training for teachers, enforce implementation by demanding from school authorities evidenced based reports from school authorities on their implemented School Based Assessment projects at least once per term from each school.