Managerial Experiences In Senior High School Heads In The Implementation Of Free Senior High School Policy In The Kwabre East Municipality Of The Ashanti Region, Ghana

Abstract

The study aim is to investigate the managerial experiences in senior high schools heads in implementing the free senior high school policy in the Kwabre East Municipality. Objectives of the study included investigating the benefits of the policy implementation from the heads perspective, establishing factors militating against the effective policy implementation and identifying strategies to manage these factors to improve the policy implementation. A case study design using the qualitative approach was adopted. The accessible population used for this study were 6 heads and 18 assistant heads in the six public senior high schools. Census sampling technique was used to select the 24 respondents. Interview guide was used. Data were analysed and the results presented. The study revealed that the free senior high school policy increased teacher recruitments and student enrolments. Inadequate infrastructure and delay in the release of funds were some of the challenges that the study found. It is recommended based on the findings that the Kwabre East Municipal Directorate of Education and heads should strengthen and sustain the free senior high school through ensuring the provision of adequate financial resources for effective and sustainable implementation of the free senior high school policy since it was found to have various benefits on students, parents and the society at large. The heads should adopt their own localised strategies that could be used to mitigate factors that militate against effective implementation of the policy in the Municipality as revealed by the study and recommendations for further study