The influence of government assistance on the growth of private secondary schools in cameroon. Some private secondary schools in the yaounde vi subdivision including holy infant school, english high school, franky comprehensive college, oxford comprehensive college and cosbie

Abstract

This study aims at examining the influence of government assistance on the growth of private secondary schools in Cameroon; case study Yaoundé VI subdivision, with government financial, social and legal assistance acting as the independent variables and growth of private schools acting as the dependent variable. To attain this objective, data were collected through questionnaire that were distributed to the school administrators and staff of private secondary schools in Yaoundé VI. The sample size was made of 160 administrators and staff that were chosen purposively. The data were analysed using the descriptive and ordinal logistic regression model. The results established that government financial, social and legal assistance have a positive effect on the growth of private schools in the Yaoundé VI subdivision. This is portrayed by the positive coefficients of0.899, 1.066, and 0.975 for financial, social and legal assistance respectively. Hypothesis was tested and it revealed that government financial, social and legal assistance have a significant effect on the growth of private schools in Yaoundé VI. Therefore, this study recommended that the government should increase the level of assistance it provides to private schools because it contributes greatly to their growth.