Evaluation of Building Construction Program In Technical and Vocational Education and Training Colleges of Addis Ababa
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2007-03
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Addis Ababa Universty
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Addi Ababa as per eived by trainers, trainees, college principals, and construction industries.
The four components of the program that have been evaluated are: Content- in terms of the
adequacy of the course and course content,' Input- in terms of the availability and adequacy of
well qualified trainers, reference materials, and raw materials that would be used to overcome
the difficulties in meeting objectives; Process- in terms of the real gap between actual program
operation This is a de criptive evaluative study of Building Construction Program in five TVET Colleges of
during i1nplementation stage and the original design; and Product- in terms of the
evaluation of outcomes in relation to the program's objectives. The study was conducted by
employing the CIPP model for program evaluation. The sample included 130 trainees, 30
trainers, five college principals, and four construction industries. The data, which was collected
by the use of questionnaires and unstructured interview, resulted in findings among which the
following are to be indicated- The objectives stated for Building Construction Program is not
adequately adjusted by using the present existing training materials, tools, machineries, and
equipment in T VET colleges, trainer's p art in curriculum development process particularly in
setting objectives and content while it was drafted looks insignificant, trainees assigned in
Building construction program are not according to their interest, there are no adequate
reference materials and textbooks in Building Construction program, the apprenticeship
program implemented once in a year appears to be minimal, there is loose link between TVET
colleges and Construction Industry. Finally, based on the findings, recommendations were
stated.
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Education and Training