The influence of Curriculum quality on graduate employability in the Faculty of Art, Letter, Social and Human Science of the University of Yaounde I

Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate the influence of curriculum quality and university graduate employability from FALSH, university of Yaounde I; Four main key indicators of the curriculum were investigated in relation to the employability of university graduates. They included. Goals, aims and objectives of the curriculum The content of the curriculum The resources of the curriculum The evaluation criteria for implementing the curriculum The general objectives of the study were to show the relationship between curriculum quality and the employability of university graduates. Four specific objectives were included. To ascertain the relationship between curriculum quality goals, aims and objectives and university graduate employability. To examine the link between the content of the curriculum and university graduates‟ employability To find out if evaluation criteria influence university graduates‟ employability. These objectives permitted us to find one general research question and four specific research questions. From this, we developed a general research hypothesis which was Curriculum quality significantly influences developed university graduates‟ employability FALSH University of Yaounde. The specific hypothesis, amongst others, included RHI: (H1): goals, aims and objectives of the curriculum significant influence university graduate‟s employability RH2: (H2): the content of the curriculum significantly influences university graduates‟ employability R3: (H3): resources of the curriculum significantly influence university graduates‟ employability R4: (H4): evaluation criteria significantly influence university graduate employability case of FALSH University of Yaounde I. The Spearman rank correlation test was used to test the hypothesis with the statistical package for social science (SPSS) 23.0.The social learning theory of Alfred Bandura, the cognitive theory of Jerome Bruner. The research hypothesis one RH1: was correlated, and the coefficient is r=0.522, p=0.000<0.05, Indicating A moderate degree of significant RH2 also was correlated 8 and the correlation coefficient is r=0.772, p=0.000< 0.000<0.05 indicating a high degree of significance and a strong correlation RH3 was also correlated and coefficient is r=0.654, p=0.000<0.05 indicating high degree of significance and a strong correlation. RH4 was equally correlated, the coefficient was r=0.714, p=0.00<0.05 indicating a high degree of significance and a strong link. So, all the four-research hypothesis were confirmed and all the NULL hypothesis rejected, meaning or explaining that curriculum quality significantly influences the employability of university graduates from FALSH university of Yaounde I