ENHANCING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET): THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE APPROACHES

Abstract

The phenomenon of reduced finances, whether modest or considerable, obviously serves to challenge institutions of higher education to improve human resource development and promote practical oriented activates in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions in Nigeria. Thus the major purpose of the study was to determine the approaches in Public Private Partnership to improve TVET for national development. Two research questions and hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design and was conducted in Cross River State. The population for the study was 151 made up of 65 officials of the Ministry of Education, 44 managers of industries and  42 lecturers of the of the Department of  Vocational Education of the University of Calabar and the Cross River State University of Technology. The entire population was studied. A structured questionnaire containing 44 items was used to collect data for the study and was analyzed using mean to answer the research questions and ANOVA statistic to test the two null hypotheses at .05 significant level. It was found out that human resource development and institutional practices improve PPP in TVET. Conclusion was made and it was recommended amongst others that grants should be made available to graduate trainees by all partners involved in order to build, develop and maintain strong partnerships for TVET in Nigeria.