Paper Title

“Strategic planning of the program content and graduate’s employability skills in selected n state universities in Cameroon”.

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Registration ID: IJNRD_225454

Published ID: IJNRD2407312

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RHEA ETA AGBOR , Henri Rodrique Ngengoue Ngamaleu

Keywords

Strategic planning; Employability Skills; program content; quality assurance

Abstract

This work aims at examining the relation between strategic progam content and graduate empmloyabilities.The growing need for the higher education system to produce graduates with capabilities in terms of skills and attitudes useful for solving youth unemployment challenges has prompted education reforms in Cameroon. Many school leavers, especially those from the universities in the country after graduation are not easily integrated into the job market due to their lack of employable skills which were not imbibed into them during their training. The ways in which employability skills can be incorporated in the program content of university have been under-researched in Cameroon and stands as the need for higher education. This research aims at filling this gap by exploring the planning of the program content and its relationship with graduates employability skills in some state universities. The research employed the employability, the human capital and the goal setting theories . The research applied a quantitative approach and a descriptive correlation survey design . The population of the study were university graduates of state universities in Cameroon. The participants were 160 graduates selected for the research through simple random sampling and the snow ball sampling technic . The validity and reliability of the research instruments were determined, and pilot testing done. The data collected was analysed using the SPSS version 25.0, the Pearson Correlation and the ordinal regression analyses.The following results were obtained from the findings, the finding reveals a correlation coefficient of 0.74.25(74.2%) for the content program and 0.665 (66.5%) for quality assurance and control. Overall, the research findings indicate a significantly positive relationship between strategic planning of program content and graduates employability skills in the university of Yaounde I and Buea.The study greatly recommends that graduates should be provided with soft skills (communication, technical, practical),which is highly needed in the job market. The universities should restructure their curricular to gear towards entrepreneurial and employable skills and vocational education should be encourage to permit youth gain employment in Cameroon.

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"“Strategic planning of the program content and graduate’s employability skills in selected n state universities in Cameroon”.", IJNRD - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (www.IJNRD.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.9, Issue 7, page no.d136-d150, July-2024, Available :https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2407312.pdf

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Volume 9 Issue 7, July-2024

Pages : d136-d150

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