Lecturers’ Quality and Its Enhancement on Graduates’ Acquisition of Employability Skills in Anglo-Saxon Universities in Cameroon.
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The study investigated the extent to which lecturers’ quality can enhance acquisition of graduates’ employability skills in Anglo-Saxon universities in Cameroon. The study was guided by the Human Capital Theory. Methodologically, the convergent parallel mixed method was adopted for the study. The target population of the study comprised of lecturers, administrators, and graduates from 2014 to 2023 (a maximum duration of 10 years). The sample size of the study was made up of 359 lecturers, 535 graduates, and 12 administrators given a total of 706 participants. The participants were sampled using the purposive, random, accidental, and snowball sampling techniques. A questionnaire and, an interview guide were the instruments utilized for the study. The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.840 and 0.824 for lecturers and graduates. That of the interview guide was based on the need analysis technique. Quantitative data were analysed using SPSS version 25 with descriptive and inferential statistical tools. The descriptive statistical tools used were frequency count, percentages, mean and standard deviation. The qualitative data were supported with Atlasti 3.0. Statistically, findings showed that lecturer’s quality has a significant and strong effect on acquisition of employability skills (R-value 0.545**, p-value < 0.01). it was recommended that; A system of lecturer evaluation done by students and monitoring mechanisms for teacher effectiveness should be implemented and a school of education should be created in every State University to provide lecturer education certification while lecturers on the ground should get certificates from accredited institutions.
Institution: University of Buea
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410248458