Mapping the incidence of school dropouts: a case study of communities in Northern Ghana

Dropping out: Identity conflict in and out of school in Ghana

“…For example, corporal punishment, central to the disciplinary regimes in many schools, is administered by teachers, legitimated by age/authority relations and meted out in a gendered way more to boys than girls. Further, and of direct relevance to this paper, indiscriminate or excessive corporal punishment has been cited by boys as a major factor in truancy, absconding and drop-out (Dunne et al, 2005;Ampiah and Adu-Yeboah, 2009). …”

Water, sanitation, and primary school attendance: A multi-level assessment of determinants of household-reported absence in Kenya

“…Understanding educational participation based on enrollment numbers alone, however, does not reflect the true reality of educational participation. Many children enrolled in primary school miss classes for a variety of reasons, such as illness, caring for sick relatives, and household responsibilities, and employment (Ampiah and Adu-Yeboah, 2009). Literature on school absence and its impacts on children's educational, cognitive, and social development is focused primarily on upper income countries.…”

Unmasking complexities involved in operationalising UPE policy initiatives: Using the ‘fCUBE’ policy implementation in Ghana as an exemplar

“…Nonetheless, the preponderance of available research evidence (e.g. Tomasevski 2006;Maikish and Gershberg 2008;Akyeampong 2009;Ampiah and Adu-Yeboah 2009;Rolleston 2009 etc. ) show that there are still conceptual and operational bottlenecks that needed to be surmounted in order for primary education to be provided free of charge for children from disadvantaged and/or marginalized communities.…”