Abstract
Many African countries are involved in the implementation of numerous strategic programs to achieve national emergence and development. These efforts are encountering many difficulties, especially in terms of the availability of higher-skilled human resources. Cameroon, a Sub-Saharan African country, is not an exception to this situation in this group of countries. Cameroon is making tremendous development-related efforts but the shortage of an innovative workforce is superseding its social and economic growth. One of the core missions assigned to the country's higher education is to produce innovative and entrepreneurial individuals that are valuable assets to the effective development of the country. Based on available research and information, this study focuses on the issue of talent cultivation in Cameroon higher education. It investigates the significance of promoting the cultivation of innovative and entrepreneurial talents in the country's higher education. It further identifies the core challenges faced by the Cameroonian higher education concerning innovative and entrepreneurial talent cultivation. Lastly, it recommends some relevant strategies that involve boosting the cultivation of innovative and entrepreneurial talents in the country's higher education. Keywords: talent cultivation, innovative and entrepreneurial talents, higher education, Cameroon DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-35-08 Publication date: December 31 st 2020
Highlights
By 1962, there was a crucial need for trained human resources to occupy positions in the public service and government corporations in Cameroon as most Western administrative expatriates had to leave the country after the independence in the 1960s
In an attempt to promote the cultivation of innovative and entrepreneurial talents in higher education to boost national development, this paper seeks to answer the following questions: How significant is the issue of talent cultivation in (Cameroon) higher education? What are the core challenges faced by Cameroon higher education in the process of talent cultivation? What strategies are relevant to address such challenges?
This paper examined the issue of innovative talents cultivation in the Cameroonian higher education system in Sub-Saharan Africa
Summary
By 1962, there was a crucial need for trained human resources to occupy positions in the public service and government corporations in Cameroon as most Western administrative expatriates had to leave the country after the independence in the 1960s. The Cameroonian government has tried to emphasize the issue of talent cultivation by reforming higher education programs and curricula since 2005 This reform called the “LMD Reform” (Bachelor, Masters, and Doctorate Reform) appeals for higher education stakeholders to train highly skilled and qualified young people, who can both fit the requirements of the job market, innovate and create opportunities by themselves, and lead Cameroon to the achievement of the 2035 Vision. Innovative and entrepreneurial talents are still very scarce within the country because higher education is not successful enough in this area (Teneng 2016) Being on this path of a future middle-income country by the 2030s, Cameroon needs highly skilled human resources that are crucial to achieving substantive growth and development. These include massification, shortage of funds, and the phenomenon of brain drain
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