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    A comparative study on linking Tvet with employment opportunities in government, Non-Government and private institutions in Addis Ababa
    (Addis Ababa Universty, 2007-08) Teklk, Ashebir; Zewedie, Girma(Associate Professor)
    The pwpose of this study was to assess employment opportunities of rVET trainees after graduation in Addis A baba and 10 identify factors that hinder the graduates to find wage employment and start selJemployment. To this end, an attempt was made to look in to the major [aclors that contribute 10 improve employment opportunities alld hinder self-employment and wage employments of graduates. In order to address 'he objective of the study, a comparative method was employed to see the current conditions of government, nOI/government and private rVET institutions, which had given training ill industrial and construction technology, with the assumption tliat it could help to know the curren! status of creating employment opporfltnities and their problems. These training institutions were selected based on pwposive sampling because to examine the out put of well experienced and newly established instiltltes and to evaluate job opportunities. The subjects of the study were two experts from Addis Ababa MSE Agency and AEB TVET Department, fOllr principals, JOllr vocational counselors, 40 trainers, 150 graduates, and 50 employers that participated in offering apprenticeship training or hiring TVET graduates. These subjects were selected based all available sampling technique. Principals, vocational counse/ors, and trainers were selected based on random sampling technique. Illformatioll was obtained using questionnaire, interview, observation and document analysis. The data were analyzed using percentage,freqllency and one way ANOVA. Th e findings oJthe study revealed that the managerial experience of principals, partnership with employer organization, labor market information system, training facility, and creating job opportunities of /lOll-government TVET institutiolls was beller than government and private institutions. Factors such as weak partnership, absence of incentives 10 encourage organizations to cooperate the trainees, during apprentices/III), and lack of labor market ill/ormation system have a negative influence 0 11 creating employment opportunities to TVET graduates. Regarding self-employment opportunities, social and economic factors were serious obstacles to create convenient cOl/tiitions. These also prevented them to exploit the benefits ofselJemploYlllent, access 10 credit, raw materials and market management. Above all, the support of Micro and Small scale Enterprise Agency and other supporters, to be self-employed, were low, too. Finally, the degree of employment opportunities of rVET trainees demollstrates that lIoll-government TVET institutions were higher than government and private rVET institutions. Therefore, the TVET institutes recommended that widen employment opportunities to their graduates, using good labor markel illformation, establishing unit of labor markel and allocating budget in the institutions. The institutions, also expected to peliorm activities like Occupational analysis, Vacancy Study, Tracer Study, training !leed assessment, establishing strong relationship with elltelprise, vocational guidance, job-searching advice, form clubs and cooperatives organized by the trainees .. Regarding self-employment opportunities, the City Micro and Small Scale Enterprise Agency, alld Sub-Citylkebele Admillistratiolls suggested that to work all facilitaling and forming of cooperatives, access to credit, supplying of raw materials alld other supports.
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    A Comparative Study on Linking TVET With Employment Opportunities in Government, Non-Government and Private Institutions in Addis Ababa
    (Addis Ababa University, 2007-08) Teklk, Ashebir; Zewedie, Girma (Associate Professor)
    The pwpose of this study was to assess employment opportunities of rVET trainees after graduation in Addis A baba and 10 identify factors that hinder the graduates to find wage employment and start selJemployment. To this end, an attempt was made to look in to the major [aclors that contribute 10 improve employment opportunities alld hinder self-employment and wage employments of graduates. In order to address 'he objective of the study, a comparative method was employed to see the current conditions of government, nOI/government and private rVET institutions, which had given training ill industrial and construction technology, with the assumption tliat it could help to know the curren! status of creating employment opporfltnities and their problems. These training institutions were selected based on pwposive sampling because to examine the out put of well experienced and newly established instiltltes and to evaluate job opportunities. The subjects of the study were two experts from Addis Ababa MSE Agency and AEB TVET Department, fOllr principals, JOllr vocational counselors, 40 trainers, 150 graduates, and 50 employers that participated in offering apprenticeship training or hiring TVET graduates. These subjects were selected based all available sampling technique. Principals, vocational counse/ors, and trainers were selected based on random sampling technique. Illformatioll was obtained using questionnaire, interview, observation and document analysis. The data were analyzed using percentage,freqllency and one way ANOVA. Th e findings oJthe study revealed that the managerial experience of principals, partnership with employer organization, labor market information system, training facility, and creating job opportunities of /lOll-government TVET institutiolls was beller than government and private institutions. Factors such as weak partnership, absence of incentives 10 encourage organizations to cooperate the trainees, during apprentices/III), and lack of labor market ill/ormation system have a negative influence 0 11 creating employment opportunities to TVET graduates. Regarding self-employment opportunities, social and economic factors were serious obstacles to create convenient cOl/tiitions. These also prevented them to exploit the benefits ofselJemploYlllent, access 10 credit, raw materials and market management. Above all, the support of Micro and Small scale Enterprise Agency and other supporters, to be self-employed, were low, too. Finally, the degree of employment opportunities of rVET trainees demollstrates that lIoll -government TVET institutions were higher than government and private rVET institutions. Therefore, the TVET institutes recommended that widen employment opportunities to their graduates, using good labor markel illformation, establishing unit of labor markel and allocating budget in the institutions. The institutions, also expected to peliorm activities like Occupational analysis, Vacancy Study, Tracer Study, training !leed assessment, establishing strong relationship with elltelprise, vocational guidance, job-searching advice, form clubs and cooperatives organized by the trainees .. Regarding self-employment opportunities, the City Micro and Small Scale Enterprise Agency, alld Sub-Citylkebele Admillistratiolls suggested that to work all facilitaling and forming of cooperatives, access to credit, supplying of raw materials alld other supports