A Study of students selection, streaming, and training In the technical and vocational schools of Ethiopia
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1996-06
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Addis Ababa Univerisity
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate the selection, streaming and
training of students in the TV Schools of Ethiopia, and thereby, forward
recommendations for the improvements of the problems that the study brings
to light.
The areas of concern were the methods, procedures, and the types of
resources employed to select, stream and train students to produce the required
semi-skilled manpower. These are: the provision of occupational information
through the guidance program, the provision of the necessary resources, the
staff- development schemes utilized to up-grade the technical and pedagogical
knowledge of teachers.
Out of the 14 government TV schools operating in the country, 9 of
them were included in the study. Opinions, comments and suggestions were
properly gathered from the officials, administrative staff, teachers and students
through the questionnaire.
Some of the major findings include:
It is the intake capacity of each training school considered
as the only means to determine the number of
new entrants selected every year.
The lack of job opportunity experienced by the graduates
has brought trainees to become indifferent to the
training programs.
Recommendations for the mentioned points are:
The responsible MOE in collaboration with the regional
education bureaux, professionals in the TVET and the
potential employers have to innovate a system which
helps to make a balance on the number of students to be
trained in each field to that of the absorptive capacity of
the economy.
A study has to be carried out by the policy
formulating MOE so as to (1) bring those fields of
specialization having no/less market demand to
terminations (phase-out) (2) the current training
programs be based on indigenous technology to make
them applicable for self-employment of graduates and
to the local demand.
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Technical and vocational