Paper long abstract:

'Puberty rites celebration in some rural Ghanaian communities in recent times has been charged with being irrelevant to the changing times and incapable of preparing the young female for what ‘they are to practice when they become adults’. Researchers are questioning the techno-cultural gap that is haunting the education and training of Ghanaian youth.

This project uses a qualitative research design model known as the ‘Africalogical critical ethnographic instrumental case study’ to uncover meaning of this rite from the perspective of the participant and investigate how this rite impacts on the schooling of the young female. This design is a new methodology that is intended to support and reinforce the growing interest in qualitative research in developing countries like Ghana whiles helping to correct the biases created by previous approaches. The project generally provides an excellent guideline for the adoption of the ‘africalogical critical ethnographic instrumental case study’ approach and offer a detailed and well-argued rational to justify its use. This new methodology employs feminist and modernisation theories as its theoretical framework. The findings of the project is intended to be an instrument for Ghanaian stakeholders, including colleague teachers to manage and assist children who have gone through this rite to integrate well in their schools'.