THE PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES OF PORTO-NOVO (BENIN) AND THE PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATION OF STUDENTS

The difficulties of professional integration of graduates at the end of their training have always been the subject of many concerns. This research, which raises the problem of the lack of support for graduates at the end of their university training, aims to analyze the support mechanisms existing in the private universities of Porto-Novo by ruling on the case of UPAO and the Sonou Courts. The aim was to describe these mechanisms and evaluate their effectiveness based on the employability theories of DeFillippi and Arthur (1994) and Fugate and al. (2004). The targets consisted of 102 respondents, including students at the end of the training cycle, graduates, and training managers of these university centers. The results obtained show that the support mechanisms for professional integration in the private universities of Porto-Novo are insufficient or non-existent. As a result, the systems currently in place are deficient and fail to meet the needs of graduates for a successful transition to the labor market.