Opportunities for the Continuous Professional Development Among Public Senior High School Heads in the Cape Coast Metropolis

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The study sought to find out the culture of continuous professional development among public senior high school heads in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana. The population of the study was all school heads of public senior high schools in the Cape Coast metropolis and their assistants as well as 1 training and development officer from the municipal directorate of education office totalling 41 respondents. A combination of purposive and census sampling was used for the study. The study established that, different opportunities existed for the continuous professional development of the school heads however, these were not institutionalized and demanded that school heads fish them out and explore them for their benefit and professional growth. The study revealed that continuous professional development is important and of relevance to school heads and must be given critical attention by educational authorities. It was therefore recommended that various actors and interest groups in education must pull their resources together in helping the school heads to constantly and continuously develop themselves by encouraging the school heads to undertake CPD programmes. This encouragement can be in the form of organising CPD programmes at no cost and awarding participants at the end of completing such programmes.

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