HUMAN RESOURCE ASPECTS AND PERFORMANCE OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE PROJECTS IN ARUA CITY

The study assessed the levels of human resource aspects, examined performance levels of Child Development Centre (CDC’s) Projects and ascertained the influence of human resource aspects on performance of CDC Projects in Arua City. It was hypothesized that there was no significant influence of Human resource aspects on the performance of CDC Projects in Arua City. The study employed descriptive research designs; data was obtained from 72 respondents through questionnaires, interviews and follow up interviews. The study revealed that generally, the level of human resource aspects in CDC’s in Arua City was high as shown by a grand Mean of 3.62 (72.4%), the level of performance of CDC Projects in Arua City was high as shown by a grand Mean of 3.78 (75.6%). The study further found out that human resource aspects: staff competences (B=.485; p=.000) and motivation (B=.347; p=.000) significantly influenced performance of CDC Projects in Arua city while health and safety (B=.002; p=.689) had statistically insignificant influence on performance of CDC projects in Arua city. However, overall, Human resource aspects (R=.673, R2 =.452; P=.000) significantly influenced performance of CDC Projects in Arua city. The Null Hypothesis that there was no significant influence of Human resource aspects on performance of CDC Projects in Arua City was rejected because the P-values of 0.000 was found to be less than the level of significance of 0.05. Therefore, it was recommended that CDCs in Arua city improve the levels of human resource aspects such as staff competences, motivation, Health and safety to further increase on their performance. Additional studies be carried on other factors contributing to 54.8% in influencing performance of CDC Projects in Arua city.