GRADUATE SCHOOL http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/56 2026-04-07T08:13:24Z 2026-04-07T08:13:24Z ADJEI, JOSEPH http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/883 2022-01-17T14:11:45Z 2020-11-16T00:00:00Z

Title: ASSESSING STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; THE CASE OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BUSINESS SCHOOL Authors: ADJEI, JOSEPH Abstract: Private higher institutions have rapidly expanded around the globe. Views have been expressed that private providers of education dilute the quality of education which reflects in lower academic standards of their students, hence, they contribute less to the academic economy. This study seeks to assess students’ academic performance in private higher institutions in Ghana using Christian Service University College Business School as a case study. The following indicators were used in the assessment: Campus environmental conduciveness, institutional commitment, caliber of academic staff and quality of teaching, pass rate and class attendance. Both qualitative and quantitative data were explored. Case Study design was used for the study. A purposive sampling under the non-probability method was used to select students and staff of the appropriate department to be used as population units. The data collected through questionnaire, interview and books were analyzed using percentages. The findings of the study revealed overcrowding in class, inadequate indoor light level (illuminance) for optimal performance, dysfunctional aural aids at lecture halls, uncompromised quality of performance due to diligence of the Quality Assurance Unit; enhancement of knowledge and student learning resulting from mandatory Internship Policy in place and low level of research and publication among academic staff. Among others the following recommendations were made to improve academic performance: there should be re-allocation of classrooms to commensurate the strength of each class, student intake should be reduced to maintain a sizeable class, more florescent tubes to be fixed to top up the ones already in place while malfunctioning ones are replaced. Others include vi resourcing Estate Department to ensure that all gadgets at lecture rooms are in good shape, while measures are put in place to ensure that academic staff undertake research and publication.

2020-11-16T00:00:00Z ADJEI, JOSEPH http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/8830 2022-01-17T14:29:03Z 2020-11-16T00:00:00Z

Title: ASSESSING STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; THE CASE OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BUSINESS SCHOOL Authors: ADJEI, JOSEPH Abstract: Private higher institutions have rapidly expanded around the globe. Views have been expressed that private providers of education dilute the quality of education which reflects in lower academic standards of their students, hence, they contribute less to the academic economy. This study seeks to assess students’ academic performance in private higher institutions in Ghana using Christian Service University College Business School as a case study. The following indicators were used in the assessment: Campus environmental conduciveness, institutional commitment, caliber of academic staff and quality of teaching, pass rate and class attendance. Both qualitative and quantitative data were explored. Case Study design was used for the study. A purposive sampling under the non-probability method was used to select students and staff of the appropriate department to be used as population units. The data collected through questionnaire, interview and books were analyzed using percentages. The findings of the study revealed overcrowding in class, inadequate indoor light level (illuminance) for optimal performance, dysfunctional aural aids at lecture halls, uncompromised quality of performance due to diligence of the Quality Assurance Unit; enhancement of knowledge and student learning resulting from mandatory Internship Policy in place and low level of research and publication among academic staff. Among others the following recommendations were made to improve academic performance: there should be re-allocation of classrooms to commensurate the strength of each class, student intake should be reduced to maintain a sizeable class, more florescent tubes to be fixed to top up the ones already in place while malfunctioning ones are replaced. Others include vi resourcing Estate Department to ensure that all gadgets at lecture rooms are in good shape, while measures are put in place to ensure that academic staff undertake research and publication.

2020-11-16T00:00:00Z ADJEI, JOSEPH http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2810 2022-01-17T15:56:20Z 2020-11-16T00:00:00Z

Title: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE GROWTH OF PROPHETIC FAITH CHURCH INTERNATIONAL (PFCI) AND INTERNATIONAL CENTRAL GOSPEL CHURCH (ICGC)-PRAYER TEMPLE, 2005-2015. Authors: ADJEI, JOSEPH Abstract: God from the beginning of creation made His intentions clear with respect to growth and reproduction when He blessed mankind to be fruitful and multiply in Gene sis 1:28 in the old Testament. In the New Testament too, Jesus Christ‟s Great Commission to the church to make disciples is seen to be in conformity to the Old Testament blessing for living things to bear fruit. It therefore becomes an issue if a church for any reason cannot obey the reproduction command. Hence an empirical research was conducted to find out if the assertion above were true and the factors impeding the numeric growth of PFCI. This thesis sought to analyse the growth of the Christian church today and used ICGC and PFCI as case study. Primary data was gathered from interviews and administration of questionnaire from pastors, elders, current and formal members of the selected churches and finally people from the vicinity of the selected churches. Secondary data was collected from relevant literature, articles in journals and online sources. From the study, it was found out the churches that have experienced regular growth did so through the wheels of evangelism; through obedience to the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19-20. It is recommended that churches should refrain from the practice of “recycling of people”. What this means is that most of their members were not won through their own evangelistic efforts rather they were extracted from other churches

2020-11-16T00:00:00Z ODURO DWUMO, SAMUEL http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/8800 2022-01-17T14:50:34Z 2020-11-16T00:00:00Z

Title: THE IMPACT OF DIVINE HEALING ON CHURCH GROWTH: A CASE STUDY OF ASSEMBLIES OF GOD GHANA, BANTAMA DISTRICT Authors: ODURO DWUMO, SAMUEL Abstract: The study examined the effect of divine healing on Church growth with Assemblies of God Church being used as a case study institution. A literature review was done on the study. A survey design was employed for the study. The convenient sampling technique was used to select the sample. The research instrument used to gather the data was questionnaires. The data obtained from the questionnaires were coded for the purpose data analyses. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used to analyse the data. The study revealed that only 4.1% of the respondents joined the church through crusades or personal evangelism, reflecting the doctrine of the church’s enthusiasm to evangelise. The results of the study show that 26.5% of the respondents were born in the Church and 46.9% made personal decisions to join the Church. About the growth of the church, 98% of the respondents noted that the practice of divine healing positively drive and significantly contribute to church growth. Specially, 75.5% of the respondents indicated that they would seek divine healing outside their main church if their pastors failed to practice it. However, 93.9% of the respondents agreed that education of church members is the most measure to reduce or curb the abuse of divine healing in the church. It is recommended that the church should adopt education as the main channel to reduce the abuse of divine healing by some ministers of God recently. It is further recommended that the Assemblies of God Ministers should intensify the practice of divine healing in order to prevent their church members from leaving for Churches where divine healing is being practiced. Finally, evangelism must be intensified in the churches.

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