Statement

N

Mean

Std. Dev.

Variance

Rank

· Government must fulfil its promise for constructing hostels for teenage girls in Accra so as to give them decent places to sleep

168

3.930

0.708

0.501

1

· Government must enroll the girls in vocational institutions where they are freely fed and given pocket money to cater for their basic needs

168

3.892

1.121

1.256

2

· Government must help those who want to re-enter formal sector education to do so under comfortable arrangements

168

3.860

0.838

0.702

3

· Government must strengthen the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) stipends to reach destitute parents in the north so as to prevent their daughters from coming down to do menial jobs to support their family

168

2.843

1.065

1.135

4

· From time to time, ladies from the north who are working in reputable organizations must visit these girls to counsel them on the need to be in school in order to become like them

168

2.590

0.865

0.749

5