The role of public private partnership (PPP) in funding Technology Education Tertiary Institutions in Niger State

Abstract

The study set out to determine the role of public private partnership (PPP) in funding technology education in tertiary institutions in Niger State. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. Three (3) research questions and two (2) hypothesis tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. The population for the study consisted of 11 tertiary institution and 241 private sectors. A sample of 412 respondents made up to 242 management staff from the tertiary institution and 170 managers from the private sectors was used for the study. Multistage sampling techniques were adopted in selecting the sample size. Structured questionnaire was used to get the required information from the respondents. Four point rating scale was provided for each duster for the respondents to make their response to the question. The draft copy questionnaire were face validated by four experts all in the department of Science Education, Federal University of Technology Minna. The whole questionnaire has a reliability of 0.91. Direct delivery techniques (DDT) was adopted to administer the questionnaire to the respondents. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while, t-test was used to test the hypotheses that guided the study at 0.05 level of probability. Recommendations were made which called for active partnership between government and private sector to realize the objectives of the technology education.