ERIC Number: EJ1038606
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Sep
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-1538
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Enhancing Student Outcomes through Mentoring, Peer Counselling and Parental Involvement
Sottie, Cynthia Akorfa; Dubus, Nicole; Sossou, Marie-Antoinette
Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, v43 n3 p377-391 Sep 2013
The government of Ghana has designed various initiatives to achieve the Millennium Development Goals on education and the Education for All goals. Despite these initiatives, student outcomes continue to be poorer than desired. Although access to education has improved, student dropout remains a problem and student scores on achievement tests remain low, along with their rates of progression to higher grades. The authors propose a program of mentoring, peer counseling, and parent involvement for children from first through ninth grade. They believe this program is essential to sustain the government's initiatives on education, and has the potential to achieve the educational outcomes that Ghana and many developing countries require to meet the goals of the EFA agenda.
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Counseling, Parent Participation, Equal Education, Access to Education, Outcomes of Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators, Elementary Education, Middle Schools, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Dropout Rate, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Improvement Programs, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ghana
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