21st Century Higher Education Curriculum Implementation and Employability in Cameroon: The Case of The University of Yaounde1
- June 11, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: Education, IJRISS
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume IV, Issue V, May 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186
Ngwabienwu John Tumbuh
Faculty of Education, The University of Yaouinde 1, Cameroon
Abstract :-This research was conducted by using the content analysis technique in connection with document analysis, which is one of the qualitative research methods widely used today in writing articles. How can universities ensure that they are preparing their students for today’s highly competitive job market? Employability in the 21st century presents some burning issues which Higher education realize as lacking behind through Curriculum planning and implementation. In this Era of a global village, the higher education system is also facing a lot of challenges which must be overcome through innovations in the Curriculum planning and implementation. The employment prospect for most higher education graduates worldwide are bleak for a number of reasons which include rapid technological change, inability of governments and partners to anticipate for young graduates , low level of professional training, low level of economic situation, all these makes it difficult for new graduates to have skilled knowledge. These employability skills include presentation and communication of ideas, project identification and development, project planning and execution, planning and problem solving, social development and interaction.
Key words: initiative, skills, project planning and execution, employability, innovation.
I. INTRODUCTION
Did you know that about 4.20% ( National Survey)of young graduates in Cameroon are unemployed? Higher education and employability makes ita crucial contribution to the current reassessment of higher education in Cameroon. When focusing on how graduates from colleges and universities struggle to find themselves into the job market and be recruited. About half of masters and PhD graduates now go into jobs outside academia immediately upon graduation as a result of certificates inflation and inadequate skills for easy employment. Unemployment (David Bogle) says huge improvements in the training of doctoral graduates deserve more attention from employers. Enhancing employability skills within our colleges and universities becomes of paramount importance. The growth and employment strategy paper (GESP) which covers the first ten years aimed at reducing poverty and increasing the annual growth rate to 5.5 per cent over the period 2010-2020, reducing the under employment rate from 75.8 per cent to less than 50 per cent by 2020 with the creation oftens of thousands of formal and informal jobs per annum over the next ten years. It also aim at reducing the income poverty rate from 39.9 percent in 2007 to 28.7 per cent in 2020. With the implementation of the LMD system, under graduate years are fixed at three years and masters at two years while PhD at three years.
