Public-private-civil society partnership: A gateway to ensuring good governance practices of vocational education in Federal Universities in South-South, Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigates the extent to which public-private-civil society partnership (PPCSP) can help in establishing good governance practices of Vocational Education Programme in Federal Universities in South-South geopolitical region of Nigeria. Four research questions were raised and answered using the mean and standard deviations statistics, and four corresponding null hypotheses were formulated and tested using the t-test statistic. A descriptive survey research design was employed for the study. The study population comprised all vocational education lecturers in Federal Universities in South-South geopolitical region of Nigeria. A 4-point scaled questionnaire was administered on 154 vocational education lecturers. The instrument was validated by a panel of 4 experts, and the reliability coefficient using Cronbach’s alpha method was α=.90. The analysis of the data collected revealed that to a very high extent PPCSP would help in ensuring good governance practices (such as effectiveness and efficiency, transparency, accountability, and integrity), especially in the utilization of funds for the execution of projects by vocational education administrators. When the hypotheses were also tested, the study found no significant difference in the mean responses of male and female vocational education lecturers regarding the extent to which PPCSP can help in ensuring good governance practices in the use of funds for projects execution. Based on these findings, there is the need for all the major stakeholders of vocational education within and outside the country to collaborate to ensure good governance practices (specifically, effectiveness and efficiency, transparency, accountability, and integrity) in the utilization of funds for the execution of projects by vocational education administrators.
 Keywords: Corruption, good governance practices, public-private-civil society partnership, vocational education;