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Demand for Public-Private Partnership in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Universities in Rivers State

This study investigated demand for public-private-partnership in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in universities in Rivers State. Three research questions guided the study. The design of the study was descriptive survey design. The population of the study was 310 respondents comprising of all 310 lecturers in two State owned universities in Rivers State. The sample of the study was all 310 respondents comprising the 225 male, 85 female. A census sampling technique was adopted for the study. The instrument for data collection was a researcher’s self- designed questionnaire titled: Demand for “Public-Private-Partnership in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Universities Questionnaire (DPPPTVETUQ)”. It was face and content validated by two experts in the Department of Educational Management and Guidance and Counseling of Rivers State University and Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. Cronbach Alpha method of reliability determination was used to ascertain the internal consistency index of 0.78. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation scores with 2.50 as the criterion mean or benchmark. The hypotheses were tested using independent t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that the areas of public-private-partnership in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in universities in Rivers State are infrastructure development, funding, and collaboration in the provision of school security. It was also revealed that to a high extent public private partnership in infrastructure development, funding, and collaboration in the provision of school security influenced the administration of technical and vocational education in Rivers State. The test of hypotheses showed no significant difference between male and female lecturers. On account of these findings it was recommended among others that public private partnership should be continually encouraged in the area of infrastructure development, funding, and collaboration in the provision of school security in the administration of university education in Rivers State.