Quality time management is an imperative tool that leads to greater academic performance and reduces depression, anxiety and stress among students. However, most college students seemed to face difficulties in balancing their academic and social life. The rationale of this inquiry was to examine the influence of time management practices on students' academic achievement in the Colleges of Education (CoE) in Ghana and as well to explore the moderating role of gender in this relationship. The research employed descriptive survey design and a sample of 325 students from six CoE were selected to participate in the investigation using the multistage sampling approach. The data was collected using adapted Time Management Questionnaire (TMQ; Britton & Tesser, 1991). Data gathered were analysed using AMOS, Moderation Analysis and Independent sample t-test. The findings showed that time management practices (short-range planning, time attitudes, long-range planning) does not predict academic achievement of CoE students. The study again, revealed that gender does not moderate the relationship between time management and academic achievement of the students. The results showed that there was no significance gender difference in time management practices of CoE students. The study concluded that ineffective time management behaviours among college students could lead to poor academic achievement and other psychological effects. The Management of the CoEs in Ghana in collaboration with other policy makers should hold seminars and workshops for students at the start of each semester to discuss the value of good time management activities in order to improve their achievement. Faculty are sensitised to inculcate in the students the skills and positive attitude towards effective time management so as to increase their self-efficacy in time management. Students should be conscious of ineffective time drivers and assume responsibility for quality time management.

Introduction Unethical practices in Ghana are common among students from elementary to tertiary. According to Agyekum and Gambrah (2011), unethical actions or misconducts are not acceptable, as these activities do not meet with the rules and regulations of any educational institution in the country. It is postulated by Charlton and David (1993) that senior high schools are one specific stage of the educational system in a nation where all kinds of unethical activities are very widespread and tend to aggravate. Agyekum and Gambrah (2011) further states that students at this point are swept up in all kinds of unethical activities such as occultism, consuming obscene content, breaking school laws, rioting, drinking, substance addiction, and so on. Becker, Englermanns and Thomas (1997) added that instead of the school agitating persons with intellectual achievement and spiritual aptitude, the reverse is the truth and has catastrophic implications for the students themselves and the entire nation. It is believed that morality socially upholds principles, concepts, ideals and actions, laws and regulations that culture deems reasonable, correct and appropriate and under which members of community are tied (Muraino & Ugwumba, 2014). The concise concept of morality, according to Gert (2012) defines morality as a collection of actions placed forth by some group; even a community; and a normative meaning focused on the premise that what is moral should have a code of ethics promoted by a culture and should be adopted as a guide to action by representatives of that community. Odeh (2013) believed that the absence of maintaining solid morals in our culture is moral decadence. For their part, Muraino and Ugwumba (2014) proposed that moral decadence is the phenomenon of acting in a way that shows poor moral values. In a given culture it implies massive decline in fundamental standards. In this sense, moral decadence tends to be a decline in society's moral norm. It appears to deteriorate or fail in maintaining our ideals, principles, norms and ethical practices in society. Afuye (2015) described the types of moral decadence as; cultism, malpractice of test, underage abortion, exploitation of students, sexual assault, selling of 'degree,' presentation of students, substance addiction, improper clothing, etc.According to Elliott and Voss (1974), Henggeler (1989) students with high academic performance are expected to be less likely to indulge in unethical conduct than students with poorer academic accomplishment.

The study sought to explore the influence of perceptions and preparedness of senior high school teachers based on their qualifications towards professional teacher licensing in Ghana. The study was motivated by three research hypotheses. A sample size of 278 senior high school teachers in Ashanti, Ghana region was selected using multi-stage sampling technique. Data were analysed using independent sample t-test and one-way ANOVA to answer the research hypotheses. The study revealed that male and female teachers had similar perceptions and preparation towards the teacher licensing. This was because male teachers did not differ significantly compared to their female counterparts on teachers' perceptions and preparedness towards the teacher licensing in Ghana. The study also found that teachers who hold a bachelor degree have similar perceptions and perceived preparedness towards the teacher licensing policy compared to certificate 'A', diploma, and postgraduate degree holders. This is because one-way between-groups ANOVA test shows that the teachers did not differ statistically in their perceptions and perceived preparedness towards teacher licensing in Ghana in relation to teacher qualification. The study recommended that outreach unit of GES should use the mass media and profession development to help teachers have answers to their questions about the policy. The study again recommended that GES and teacher unions should use professional development programmes to educate and prepare teachers for the implementation of the policy.

The study sought to investigate educational application of the Internet by basic school pupils in Effutu Municipal Assembly: The guidance and counselling implications. This study examined the use of the Internet among basic school pupils in Effutu Municipal Assembly. A descriptive survey approach was used to select forty-five (45) basic school pupils for the study. Snowball sampling technique was adopted which aided in the data collection. The study used an independent-samples t-test and one-way ANOVA to test Hypothesis 1 and Hypotheses 2 (null hypotheses) respectively. The result of the study reveals that educational use of the Internet is not the foremost priority of the basic school pupils but rather entertainment. The study also found that, sex is a significant factor in predicting Internet use among basic school pupils. Further studies could be carried out using a depth-interview schedule to further explore, whether basic school teachers guide their pupils use of the Internet for academic reasons.