Managing the Challenges of Technical Education in the South-West Region of Cameroon: A Case study of selected secondary Schools in Fako and Meme Divisions
Keywords:
Emerging Nation, Technical Education, Managing challengesAbstract
A survey has been conducted in selected secondary Schools in Fako and
Meme Divisions in the South-West Region of Cameroon to examine how to
manage the challenges of technical education. Data are collected from
teachers, discipline masters, vice principals, principals and Regional
Pedagogic Inspectors for technical education through questionnaire
administered using stratified, convenience and random sampling to two
hundred and forty (240) respondents randomly sampled from twelve technical
secondary schools and the Regional Delegation of Secondary Education for
the South-West Region. Four research hypotheses are formulated and tested
using Chi-Square statistics. Computer software of Statistical Package for
Social Sciences (SPSS version 20) is used to bring out the tables for data
presentation. The results reveal among others that effective human resources
management have a significant impact on the challenges of technical
education in emerging Cameroon. Hence, it recommends among other things
that school administrators should undertake courses in human resources
management while stakeholders should effectively utilize the resources
provided to them for efficient management of technical education in
Cameroon.
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