Assessing the Impact of Teacher Job Satisfaction Among Teachers

The purpose of this study was to examine job satisfaction among teachers in the Techiman Municipality. Three hundred and six (306) teachers were randomly sampled from a total of one thousand four hundred and sixty-one (1461) Junior High School and Senior High School teachers in the Municipality. The instrument used for the data collection was the questionnaire. The researcher however had three research questions to work with. Schools within the municipality were grouped into four clusters and a simple random sampling technique using the lottery approach was used to select one cluster for which questionnaires were administered. The findings of the study were that many teachers in the Techiman Municipality perceived teaching as their ideal profession but most teachers will prefer to change their profession as a result of dissatisfaction. Also teachers felt their conditions of service were not good enough and most teachers in the Municipality felt dissatisfied with security in the profession. Keywords: Job Satisfaction, Teachers, Job dissatisfaction, profession

The Contribution of Counseling Providers to the Success or Failure of Marriages

This study is an investigation into the contribution of counseling providers to the success or failure of marriages. The purposive and the simple random sampling methods were used to select eight churches and 259 respondents (married people) in the Techiman Municipality. The instrument used to collect data was a 26-item questionnaire including a five-point likert type scale designed by the researcher and was administered to married people. The researcher however had three research questions to work with. The major result was that counselling providers contribute positively in the Techiman Municipality so far as marriage is concerned. It is therefore being suggested that premarital counselling should be maintained and encouraged in all churches. Keywords: Premarital Counseling, Counseling Providers, Married Couples, Counselin

The Perception of Married People about Premarital Counseling. A Survey in the Techiman Municipality of Ghana

This study was an investigation into the perception of married people in Techiman Municipality about premarital counseling. The purposive and the disproportional stratified sampling methods were used to select eight churches and 259 respondents (married people) respectively in the Techiman Municipality for the study. The instrument used to collect data was a questionnaire. It consisted of five-point likert scale items designed by the researcher and was administered to married people in the municipality. The researcher had three research questions to work with. The major finding from the study was that premarital counselling has positive impact on marriages and Techiman Municipality married people have positive perception about premarital counselling .It was suggested that premarital counselling should be maintained and encouraged in all churches. All these can be a reality if more counsellors are trained. This means that universities should increase their intake of students in guidance and counselling so that more professional counselors could be turned out to help in this direction Keywords: Premarital Counseling, Perception, Married Couples, Counselin

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS LEVEL AMONG PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR TEACHERS IN THE TECHIMAN SOUTH CIRCUIT

Occupational stress is a serious health problem to the individual worker both physically and psychologically. It equally effects organizations and even the nations in terms of productivity and financial losses. Occupational stress has in recent times received close attention in America and Western Europe as is evident from the growing number of literature available and the wellness programs being developed for employees in these continents, but it does not appear to be so in developing countries as Ghana. Occupational stress is common to all occupations but it could be disastrous for any nation if it remains unchecked especially in the teaching field. The teacher is the kingpin upon which every education revolves. The issue is that, there are indications of above average occupational stress in some Ghanaian teachers; but exactly how much of occupational stress is being experienced? This study set out to examine overall occupational stress, find out the level of occupational stress among private and public sector teachers in the Techiman South Circuit in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. Administering the Weiman Occupational Stress Scale to a sample of 88 workers drawn from the population of 160 established that teachers of the Techiman South Circuit experience above average levels of occupational stress with the public sector, females and Junior High School showing the higher levels when compared to the private sector, males and Senior High School counterparts respectively. Also supporting the Weiman occupational stress scale, a chi-square analyses showed that there is an association between gender status and occupational stress and an association between institutional type and occupational stress.  Article visualizations