Educational planning in the degree-masters-doctorate (dmd) system and graduates career readiness in the University of Yaounde I

Abstract

This study examines the effects of educational planning in the LMD system and graduates career readiness in the University of Yaounde I. The problem of this study emanated from the observed high unemployment rate among university graduates. The graduates lack the requisite skills that make them employable or to create jobs. The main objective of the study was to examine how educational planning influence graduates career readiness. From here we deduced the main research question as how does educational planning influence graduates career readiness. And Ha was there is a relationship between educational planning and graduates career readiness. Three main theories were employed, the human capital theory, the signaling theory, and the cost benefit theory. This mixed method study employs the descriptive survey design. The data was collected using the questionnaire and interview guide. The simple random sampling technique was adopted to sample the population of interest and via the Krejcie and Morgan table, a sample size of 115 participants was reached. The data was analysis via SPSS V,23 and the spearman rank correlation technique and presented in frequencies and percentages. Findings revealed that RH1: Ha was retained based on the spearman’s correlation value r = 0.515, which indicates a moderate correlation between Curriculum and Graduates Career Readiness. Again, the level of significance is 0.000 which is largely less than 0.05, (alpha) which is the standard error margin: r = 0.515, P= 0.000 ≤ 0,05. RH2: Ha was retained because the spearman’s correlation value r = 0. 0.481, which indicates a moderate correlation between Teaching Methods and Graduates Career Readiness. This is equally based on the fact that the level of significance is 0.000 which is largely less than 0.05, (alpha) which is the standard error margin: r = 0.481, P= 0.000 ≤ 0,05. RH3: Ha was retained because the spearman’s correlation value r = 0.622, which indicates a high correlation between Infrastructure and Graduates Career Readiness. This is equally based on the fact that the level of significance is 0.000 which is largely less than 0.05, (alpha) which is the standard error margin: r = 0.622, P= 0.000 ≤ 0,05. We conclude that educational planning significantly influences graduates career readiness. From this finding, we recommend that the educational system should be properly planned (the curriculum, pedagogy and infrastructure) should be properly plan to enable learning that prepare leaners for job market.