Demand for Public-Private Partnership in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Universities in Rivers State
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Chukwudi Dike Umesi, PhD, Ewe,
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DOI :10.5281/zenodo.17706964
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1Institute of Education Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworoukwo, Port Harcourt, 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.
