Purpose

Financing is a major obstacle to achieving quality education for all persons of school-going age in less-developed countries. Consequently, corporate institutions through corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives are increasingly becoming government partners in financing education sector projects. The effect of these CSR interventions on education funding gap, school enrollment and academic performance is yet to be adequately evaluated, hence the reason for this study.

Design/methodology/approach

This study used in-depth interviews and focus group discussions on examining the contributions of CSR initiatives to school funding, enrollment and academic performance from the viewpoint of teachers, students and heads of schools. The interviews were tape-recorded, transcribed, reviewed and sorted according to key and recurrent themes.

Findings

The study shows that CSR interventions have contributed to student enrollment in beneficiary schools, improved academic and core-curricular performances of students. Funding gaps in schools have also being unraveled through this study which will inform policy decisions going forward. However, the informal financiers may have other reasons unknown to the resource recipients for investing in the education sector.

Research limitations/implications

The research only considered the perspectives of teachers, students, pupils and heads of schools on the effect of CSR interventions on enrollment and performance. The views of CSR initiators (corporations), opinion leaders and other stakeholders of the schools are reserved for future research.

Practical implications

It is therefore imperative that managers of school systems are cautious in establishing exchange relationship with informal financiers as there may be other hidden reasons behind the corporate support to the beneficiary schools.

Originality/value

The addition of other stakeholders' perspective on the effect of CSR initiatives on school enrollment and students' performance is a novelty.

中文翻译：

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企业社会责任（CSR）举措对加纳学生的入学和学习成绩的贡献

目的

在较不发达国家，筹资是实现所有学龄人士高质量教育的主要障碍。因此，通过企业社会责任（CSR）计划的企业机构正日益成为资助教育部门项目的政府合作伙伴。这些企业社会责任干预措施对教育经费缺口，入学率和学业成绩的影响尚待充分评估，因此进行本研究的原因。

设计/方法/方法

这项研究使用深入的访谈和焦点小组讨论，从教师，学生和学校负责人的角度研究了企业社会责任倡议对学校经费，入学率和学习成绩的贡献。根据主要和经常性主题，对访谈进行录音，转录，审阅和分类。

发现

研究表明，企业社会责任干预措施有助于受益学校的学生入学率，提高了学生的学术和核心课程表现。通过这项研究，也可以消除学校的资金缺口，这将为今后的政策决策提供依据。但是，非正式的融资人可能还有其他原因，这些原因对于资源接受者来说是未知的，他们需要在教育领域进行投资。

研究局限/意义

该研究仅考虑了教师，学生，学生和学校负责人对企业社会责任干预措施对入学率和绩效的影响的观点。CSR发起者（机构），意见领袖和学校的其他利益相关者的观点保留用于将来的研究。

实际影响

因此，学校系统的管理人员在与非正规金融机构建立交流关系时必须谨慎，因为在公司对受益学校的支持背后可能还有其他隐藏的原因。

创意/价值

在社会责任倡议对学校入学率和学生表现的影响方面增加其他利益相关者的观点是新颖的。