The Influence of Major Stakeholders Post Conflict Intervention Measures on the Reconstruction of Public Primary Teachers Training Colleges in South Sudan

Abstract

This study assessed the influence of major stakeholders' post-conflict interventions on the reconstruction of NTTIs. The specific objectives of the study were: to determine the influence of government, humanitarian assistance, faith-based initiated peace building, and local community interventions on the reconstruction of NTTIS. The study reviewed the literature on government, humanitarian, faith-based peace-building and local community interventions as they relate to the reconstruction. The review of literature also covered the peace-building and conflict prevention theory which was used to provide anchorage to the rest of the variables of the study. The study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional survey design and a total of 1963 respondents including the tutors, principals, and student-teachers from 3 operational institutes were targeted. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select 319 respondents as the sample size. A pilot study was conducted to assess the validity and reliability of the instruments. The study collected primary data using questionnaires and interview guides. The analysis of the collected data was conducted using descriptive statistics that is percentages and frequencies besides descriptive statistics, the study also used inferential statistics including regression and correlation analysis. The essence of inferential statistics was to enable the researcher to draw deductions on post-conflict interventions and how they influenced rebuilding. Qualitative data from the interview guide was analyzed through content analysis. The findings were presented using Figures and Tables. The study established that government interventions (p<0.05), humanitarian assistance interventions (p<0.05), faith-based initiated peace-building intervention measures (p<0.05), and local community interventions (p<0.05) were all significant. Therefore, the study rejected all the formulated null hypotheses in favor of the alternative hypotheses since their p-values were all less than a 0.05 as a 5 percent was considered as the level of significance in the study. Based on the p-values and regression beta coefficients of the individual variables, the study concluded that government interventions, humanitarian assistance interventions, faith-based initiated peace building measures, and local community interventions all had a positive and significant influence on the rebuilding of NTTIs. The study recommended that the MoGEI should work in close collaboration with all the stakeholders in the field of education as far as reconstruction of NTTIs is concerned. The efforts of reconstructing institutes cannot bear fruits unless stakeholders including the local community, the government, and faith-based organizations have been actively involved. Future studies are recommended to be conducted in other conflict-oriented areas and countries including Libra, Somalia, Haiti, and Nigeria. Future studies should also cover advanced education systems like private institutes and the institutions of higher learning.