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Enhancing student outcomes through mentoring, peer counselling and parental involvement
PROSPECTS (2013)
  • Cynthia Akorfa Sottie, University of Ghana
  • Nicole Dubus, Wheelock College
  • Marie-Antoinette Sossou, University of Kentucky
Abstract
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.
Keywords
  • Basic education,
  • Mentoring,
  • Parental involvement,
  • Peer counseling,
  • Ghana,
  • Education for All (EFA),
  • Student outcomes,
  • Universal Basic Education
Publication Date
September, 2013
DOI
10.1007/s11125-013-9280-z
Publisher Statement
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11125-013-9280-z.

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Citation Information
Cynthia Akorfa Sottie, Nicole Dubus and Marie-Antoinette Sossou. "Enhancing student outcomes through mentoring, peer counselling and parental involvement" PROSPECTS Vol. 43 Iss. 3 (2013) p. 377 - 391 ISSN: 0033-1538
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/nicole_dubus/9/