Factors that Affect the Employment of Vocational and Technical School Graduates in East Shoa
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2007-02
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The study aimed at investigating the factors that a ffect the
employment of vocational and Technical school graduates of East
Shoa. To achieve the s ta ted objectives, data were collected from
pnmary and secondary sources. Primary da ta were collected
through questionnaires administrated to 50 tea chers, and 400
students who were selected randomly and 20 former graduates
selected purposively. The data were analyzed through descriptive
statistics.
The preliminary findings of the study indicated that majority of
former gradu ates are jobless, due to limitedness of employer
institutions , and lack of support to be self employed. It was a lso
found that the schools linkage with employer institutions, job
opportunity orienta tion , which have an impact to the problem,
needs attention and lot of improvement
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investigating; factors