PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FUNCTIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN LAGOS STATE

Abstract

The study identified private partnership functions required in the management of technical education programmes of colleges of education in Lagos State. Three research questions guided the study while three null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted survey research design. The population for the study was 586 comprising 186 lecturers in tertiary institutions and 400 supervisors in private sectors in Lagos State. The sample size for the study was 302 made up of lecturers in institutions and supervisors in registered private sectors in Lagos State. Purposive sampling technique was employed to select 116 supervisors from registered private industries while all the lecturers were studied. The instrument for data collection was structured questionnaire and three experts validated the instrument while Cronbach alpha reliability method was used to determine the internal consistency of the items and a coefficient of 0.82 was obtained. Mean was used to answerthree research questions while t test statistic was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.The study found out 41 items; 16 in instructional management, 15 in administering staff and students of technical education and 10 in financial management were requiredby private sectors in managing technical education programmes in colleges of education. There was no significant difference in the mean responses of lecturers and supervisors in private sectors on the private partnership functions required for involving private sectors in instructional management, staff and students’ administration and financial management of colleges of education.  Based on these findings, it was recommended that all the private partnership functions identified in this study should be used by school administrators for involving private sectors in managing technical education programmes in schools and colleges. It was also recommended that Private sectors should be educated on both direct and indirect benefits in partnering the schools in managing technical and vocational education programmes.