Transitional Challenges Facing Staff Development in Selected Colleges of Education in Ghana Osei Afia Asantewaa1, Adu Kofi Osei2 1Institute for Educational Planning and Administration, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast 2PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast Online published on 20 April, 2017. Abstract Available evidence suggests that changes in educational institutions of any kind affect both the human and physical resources, especially on issues such as academic staff development, since academic staffs are one of the major agents in educational institutions when it comes to implementing any changes enacted. This study sought to find out transitional challenges facing academic staff development (thus, in their era of transition, from non-tertiary status to tertiary institutions) in selected colleges of education in Ghana. A total of 275 respondents were usedwhich comprised 10 principals, 60 heads of department (HODs) and 205 tutors were randomly drawn from 10 selected colleges of education in five zones of colleges of education. Data obtained from field were analysed using percentages, frequencies and ANOVA at a significance level of (p=.05). The main findings of the study included challenges which ranged from financial commitment to institutional commitment in academic staff development. It was found that the individual colleges of education involvement in the academic staff development activities were minimal or not encouraging. The study recommendsthat academic staffs that are already in the system with qualifications below master's degrees should be given necessary support, both finance and non-finance by individual colleges of education to enable them upgrade within shortest possible time. Top Keywords staff development and challenges. Top |