The Impact of Community Involvement in Polytechnic Education in Kebbi State

This study intends to examine community involvement in Tertiary Institutions in Kebbi State. The intents of the researcher were to explore how cultural competence, control mutuality and stakeholder‘s commitments influence growth in a school setting. The population of this study was all the parents, lecturers and other stakeholders drawn from the four emirate councils of Kebbi State. The researcher selected 640 participants both male and female. Questionnaires was used to collect data for the study, face-to-face questionnaire administration was adopted where the interviewer presents the items orally to the respondents, responses to the open-ended items in the questionnaires were analyses and recorded quantitatively while closed-ended items in the questionnaires were analyses using descriptive (frequencies and percentages) and inferential statistics (chi square). The results indicated that the involvement level of respondent’s cultural competence, inclusiveness and stakeholder’s commitment positively and significantly influenced educational growth in tertiary institution. Based on the study findings it was concluded that community partners, parents and industry partners should helps to create educational scenario that is more accountable, inclusive and responsive to the needs and aspirations of policy makers. From the foregoing, the researcher suggests that community partners, parents and industry partners support these efforts to encourage school growth, and see themselves as partner in progress.