The State of Career Guidance in Selected Government Technical and Vocational Education and Training Colleges of Addis Ababa
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2007-03
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the state of career guidance in
selected government Technical and Vocational, Education and Training (TVET)
colleges of Addis Ababa. The study is intended to assess whether the basic
principles and jUnctions of career guidance programs are implemented or not to
achieve TVET objectives in relation to career guidance and to identify related
problems encountered in the process of implementation.
To this end, out of the five government TVET colleges; three TVET colleges were
selected using purposive sampling technique. By using a descriptive survey
method through questionnaire supplemented by unstructured interview relevant
data, gathered from four groups of respondents (career guidance officers, deans,
instructors and trainees), who were principal stakeholders in the TVET program
implementations.
A sample of 425 respondents included in the study. The career counselors 6 (4
male and 2 female) and deans 8 (6 male and 2 female) included in the sample by
using availability sampling techniques, where as 99(75 male and 24 female)
instructors and 312[150 male and 162 female] trainees were selected by using
stratified random sampling techniques. The instructors were drawn from main
and entrepreneurship courses, where as the trainees were selected only from
second and third year 10+2 and 10+3 trainees. The data collected analyzed and
interpreted by using percentage with additional sources from related literature on
national and international level.
The findings of the study revealed that the practice of career guidance principles
and jUnctions had been extremely low. Majority of the respondents have lacle of
awareness about the objectives and jUnctions of career guidance program.
Besides, career guidance program promotion activities had been almost nonexistent.
The trainees were not informed adequately about labour market
information in relation to their field of study and jUture career developments. Most
of the training programs were not demand-driven and there is mismatch between
supply of out put and demand of trained workforce. There is no refresher training
on career guidance and the career guidance office is not represented at different
levels of decision making. Moreover, instructors with BAI BS ftdflll the qualification
requirement of MOE for TVET college program, however, instl11ctors with MAl MSc
were below the requirement and most of the college management bodies lacle
knowledge about the close relationship between TVET and career guidance
program.
To alleviate the above problems qualified, competent and experienced bodies
should be assigned, that is the right person on the right place.
Above all good human relation, training, research and developing policies,
guidelines and legislation for implementation of career guidance programs should
be undertaleen by Ministry of Education, regional bureaus and colleges
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