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Haruna Adomako Barfi Francis
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Position
Assistant Lecturer
Department
Department of Social Science Education
Research Interest
Psychological Challenges, Coping Strategies, digital media, Adolescent Motherhood, Scool Re – Entry.
I am Haruna Adomako Barfi Francis. I come from Wa, in the Upper West Region. I started my basic education at Nandom Ko ‘B’ Stream Primary School. While in class six I proceeded to St. Francis Xavier Junior Seminary, Wa in !989 to pursue my Ordinary Level Secondary Education. I came out successful in 1994 and gained admission into Opoku Ware School, Kumasi to have my ‘A’ Level Education. I completed in 1996 and was posted to the Tano South District Assembly now a Municipal Assembly to do my mandatory National Service. After that worked at the St. Vincent International School, Bechem to raise funds to continue with my education. I finally gained admission into the University of Cape Coast in 2001 and completed successfully in 2005. I was awarded a Bachelor Degree. After a long search for a job I finally got recruited into the Ghana Education Service. I was posted to Samuel Out Presbyterian Senior High School in 2009. I gained admission into the Catholic University of Ghana to pursue a Post Graduate Diploma in Education, which I completed successfully in 2018. In 2019, I gained admission into the Catholic University of Ghana to pursue a Master of Philosophy in Educational Psychology programme. I completed successfully and guaduated in 2021. I got pointed as a part-time Assistant Lecturer to the Catholic University of Ghana in 2022 and was offered the opportunity work as a full-time Assistant Lecturer in the same institution in September, 2023 till now.
Master of Philosophy in Educational Psychology, Post Graduate Diploma in Education, Bachelor Degree.
Catholic University of Ghana, University of Cape Coast, Opoku Ware School, ST. Francis Xavier Junior Seminary.
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Junior Member
Haruna, F.A. B., Kuranchie, A. & Owusu-Addo, A. (2022). Educational Resilience of Teen Mothers in Ghanaian Schools: is it without Socio-Emotional Challenges? Journal of African Education, 3 (2) 67 – 92.
Haruna, B, F. A., (2022). Adolescent Mothers’ re–entry into Senior High Schools: Attendant Psychological Challenges and Coping Mechanisms. African Journal of Sociological and Psychological Studies,2(2) 59-79