The role of Art Education in the training of Kayaye: A study in Techiman Market.

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October, 2010.
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The influx of kayaye from the three regions of the northern part of Ghana to the south is truly becoming unbearable. They are seen with their head pans choked in the cities and market centers jobless, they are therefore found in groups sitting and chatting or sleeping. “What will be the future of the three northern regions if this situation is not addressed?” one may ask. Though their services are much needed, their future must be considered. The central focus of the study was to identify the school-going kayaye who operate in Techiman market and help them acquire some basic skills in art vocations. The training given to the girls was Batik, Tie and Dye, T-shirt printing, Beadmaking and designing was fully participated by the girls, even though it cannot fully help them to be self-employed, it can help prepare their minds and create interest for them to further the training, in vocational institutions or apprenticeship to become self-employed or be employed by others instead of becoming kayaye. The study was carried out in the form of Interviews, Photographs, Observation and Participant observational techniques and also notes taking. The researcher revealed that almost 90% of these kayaye are children of the migrants from the north, who came down south in search of jobs. Because of frustrations and poverty their children had to suffer, and to survive and meet their needs they had to dodge school and work as kayaye. The study also revealed that some of the natives from Techiman are also involved in the kayaye activities because of poverty. The study also revealed that some of the parents of the kayaye were once kayaye and some are still in the job with their children, so tradition must go on. Again most of the school-going kayaye are from the Islamic schools. The reason is that their fathers has given birth to many children with different mothers because Islam allows polygamy, all these have affected the children. The research supports the idea that if the parents of these girls are being supported financially or given a job to do by the government, individuals etc., their wards will have peace to study in class. The recommendations made in the study could be valuable in addressing the increasing number of school-going girls entering into kayaye business.
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A thesis submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Philosophy on
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