Socio Cultural Determinants of Universal Primary Education Advancement in the Mbororo Community of the North West Region of Cameroon

The main objective of the study was to assess the extent to which socio cultural factors determine the advancement of Universal Primary Education UPE in the Mbororo community of the North West Region of Cameroon. Two null hypotheses were tested to verify whether or not there is a significant influence of socio cultural determinants on the advancement of UPE in the Mbororo community. The study was informed by Charles Darwin's Classical Liberal Theory of Equal Opportunity, Social Capital Theory, Bourdieu's theory of Cultural Capital, and the Social Exclusion Theory. Using a mixed methods research design all the Mbororos in the North West Region were targeted from which 315 pupils and 63 parents from 7 divisions were sampled using the convenience and snow ball sampling techniques. Data was collected using questionnaires and interview guides. Data was analyzed using qualitative and quantitative approaches with the aid of SPSS version 23.0. The descriptive statistical tools used were frequency count and percentages while the hypotheses of the study were tested using the Binary Logistic Regression Model Test which work in association with the Chi square test. The findings revealed that the P value for all two determinants were less than 0.05 P 0.05 and the respective Nagelkerke values for Culture and Religion, were 0.320 and 0.334. The twonull hypotheses were, therefore, rejected and their corresponding alternatives upheld. On the basis of the findings, the study concluded that culture and religion have a strong and direct influence the advancement of UPE in the Mbororo community of the North West Region of Cameroon. From the findings, it was recommended that government policies on the education of indigenous people like the Mbororos should be reviewed under a completely free primary education framework. Policy makers should work with curriculum and psychosocial experts to design study programs that capture the needs of the Mbororo community, and to sensitize them on the importance of formal education to their socio economic and cultural advancement. Kimeng Liberty Song "Socio-Cultural Determinants of Universal Primary Education Advancement in the Mbororo Community of the North West Region of Cameroon" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-5 , August 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd33140.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/33140/sociocultural-determinants-of-universal-primary-education-advancement-in-the-mbororo-community-of-the-north-west-region-of-cameroon/kimeng-liberty-song