Assessment of Employability of Adama University Graduates of Industrial Department in the Years 2000-2006
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2008-02
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Addis Ababa University
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The main purpose of the study was to assess the employability of Adama
University graduates of the Industrial Department in the years 2000-
2006. To this end, the study employed a descriptive survey method and a
purposive sampling technique to select 142 employed graduates currently
working in Addis Ababa city Administration, three DepartmentHeads,27
Instructors and 10 Assistant Instructors out of 60 staff members of the
University in the Industrial Department .Moreover, a snow ball sampling
technique was used to select20 unemployed graduates in Addis Ababa.
Accordingly, the study involved a total of 202 samples. The data were
gathered through three sets of questionnaires . The first set was
administered to the employed graduates, the second set to the University
staff members ,and the third set was filled by the unemployed
graduates. The data were analyzed quantitavely, using frequency
distribution,percentages,spearman rankorder,and chi-square procedurally.
The analysis revealed that the employment rate of the graduates had been
decreasing from the year 2000 t02006, the relation between the University
and employing agencies was ranked first among the factors determining
employability of the graduates, the training is relevant to the existing
labour market only to some extent .And finally it was observed that there
was a mismatch between the syllabus of the University and that of the
National TVETs resulting in the occurrence of a skill gap among most of the
graduates.
From the analysis, it was recommended that the university should
strengthen its relation with employing agencies, its syllabus s hould be
revised to match with that of the National TEVEs ,and conduct a tracer
study on the actual labour market condition to improve the employability of
the graduates ..
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Graduates of Industrial Department in the Years 2000-2006