Enhancing Curriculum Quality Assurance as a Prerequisite to Higher Education Graduate’s Employability
- June 4, 2019
- Posted by: RSIS
- Category: Education
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue V, May 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186
Fossimock B. Tendongmoh
Faculty of Science of Education (FSE),University of Yaounde 1, Yaounder-Cameroon
Abstract:-The purpose of this study is to demonstrate how curriculum quality assurance can improve Higher Education (HE) graduate’s employability. The state and individuals spend colossal sums yearly to educate citizens, upon graduation; they hardly procure or create jobs. This demise has plunged the youths into theft, cyber criminality, migration, hopelessness, disillusionment and misery. This work therefore stands to ascertain the relationship between curriculum quality assurance and HE graduates employability. Our population was made up of graduates from the University of Yaoundé I and through a homogenous sampling technique; we had a sample population of 203 students and 23 employers. Questionnaires were used for data collection. Data was analysed using cross-tabulation analysis through SPSS statistical tool. Our main findings were: curriculum quality assurance improves graduates’ employability 92.6%, 91.1% employers are never invited during curriculum conception, 74.3% people are dissatisfied with the present curriculum, 76.5% people confirmed that the absence of employers from curriculum conception kills graduates employability, among others. Based on these, we recommend that; experts should prioritise the socio-political and economic state of our society during curriculum conception, modify the present curriculum and involve economic operators. Encourage internship, ensure syllable is drown from the curriculum, Evaluate teacher’s quality program coverage. Curriculum quality enhancement is the brain-child behind knowledge, skills, competences and abilities possess by the graduates which facilitate employability and boost Economic growth.
Key Words: Curriculum, Quality, Assurance, Prerequisite, Employability, Graduates
I. INTRODUCTION
The primary aim of higher education is invariably to acquire knowledge and skills that prepare graduates to create or acquire jobs and be effective at work, Gakuladas (2012). This will not only save graduates from unemployment crises but will also improve the standard of living, increase economic growth and place the educational system on the international standard. Unfortunately, the reverse is mostly true in most societies especially the developing countries. The present African unemployment rate is about 10.8% and that of Cameroon has increased from 4.1% in 2014 to 4.51% in 2017 (International Labour Organisation, 2017).
