Many people in Ghana have some negative perception about indigenous African Healing. They think that any spiritual activity associated with African practices is devilish. Hypocritically, the same people seek assistance from these sources in times of serious illness. The academic works on this subject are mostly anthropological, which seem to generalize the African situation. However, what is less well known is that the Dagomba healing practices are not widely documented. This paper seeks to do two things, first, who are the Dagomba in Ghana and second, what is the African traditional worldview of the Dagomba people in relation to their religious belief. The outline provided here would give a better impetus for one to precisely highlight the healing process of the people. This paper also examines the nature of Dagomba religious healing practices, as have been observed over the years. Some recent contacts with elders and the practitioners in the form of oral interview are also brought to bear. The paper asserts that the Dagomba healing practices are intertwined with their everyday life style. It further asserts the need for complementary health practices on both indigenous and modern health. African Traditional Healing as a Concept Traditional African Healing or medicine is a sum total of all knowledge and practices, whether explicable or not used in diagnosis, prevention and elimination of physical, mental or societal imbalance, and relying exclusively on practical experience and observation handed down from generation to generation, whether verbally or in writing (WHO, 2002). The WHO report clarifies issues by adding that, when traditional healing medicine is adopted by other population outside indigenous culture, it is often termed complementary or alternative medicine. Weiman is a health researcher who supports this definition by opining that the African Traditional Healing is intertwined with cultural and religious beliefs, and holistic in nature. It does not focus only on the physical condition, but also on the psychological, spiritual and social aspects of individuals, families and communities. Weiman continues to argue that, out of two of every four cases treated by traditional healers rated themselves cured, suggesting that the holistic approach is subjective improvement. Cook and Hillenbrand also buttress the point that, traditional practitioners are well known for treating patients holistically.

The study was set up to determine the causes of poor academic achievement in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Sagnarigu Municipality in Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana. The study sought to identify the contributing causes of such subpar learning outcomes and to provide some policy interventions to address them. For the study, two research questions were established. Data collection and analysis were done using a qualitative approach. In relation to the basic schools in the Sagnarigu Municipality, the study's accessible population included students, head teachers, teachers, parents, and municipal examination officers. As data sources, interviews and historical records were used. The researcher used the case study technique because he wanted to clearly understand why Sagnarigu Municipality students perform poorly on the BECE examination. Twenty (20) Junior High Schools were chosen purposively from the Municipality. The sample size was also chosen using a random sampling technique and included (10) head teachers, (20) teachers, (20) parents, (20) students, and (2) municipal education examination officers, making a total of (72) participants. The study discovered that the low academic accomplishment in the BECE was mostly caused by all inputs and processes, including teachers, the school environment, parents, and the students themselves. The highlighted school environmental problems included a dearth of teachers with advanced degrees, a lack of suitable physical and material resources to support teaching and learning, and teachers abusing their time spent in direct contact with students. Instances of routine tardiness and absenteeism to school, inability to complete the curriculum and inadequate exercises, assignments, and projects given to students, as well as low/inadequate motivation and pay from the employer, were found to be teacher factors that contributed to the low academic achievement. The student traits that I considered relevant included instances of tardiness and absenteeism, lack of parental or guardian support for homework at home, involvement in vices like internet fraud also known as "yahoo" or "game guys", going to movie theaters and dance clubs, and drug usage. Parents' inability to offer reading materials like textbooks and supplemental readers, their lack of engagement with their children's instructors, and their lack of participation in PTA activities were all factors in the home that affected students' academic performance. Given the foregoing, the study came to the conclusion that all stakeholders—including the government, nongovernmental organizations, teachers, parents, and students—must play their respective parts in addressing the causes of low achievement in the basic schools under consideration in the Sagnarigu Municipality.