A Comparative Study of Training Facilities of Non-Government and Government Technical Vocational Education and Training Colleges of Agriculture in Ethiopia
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2004-05
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Addis Ababa University
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This thesis was based on the findings of the research study entitled "Training Facilities
of Non government and Government Technical Vocational Education and Training
Colleges of Agriculture." The major purpose of the Study was to investigate as to how
both types of training colleges possess and utilize training facilities for the proper
functioning of the training programs.
Accordingly, an attempt was made to carefully examine the objectives that TVET
colleges want to achieve, the extent of the adequacy of training faci lities and
effectiveness in utilizing the existing facilities and significant similarities and
differences between the NGO and Government training colleges.
Since most of these studies were focused on the adequacy of training facilities of
government colleges, the researcher preferred to undertake a comparative study of
NGO and Government Agriculture TVET Colleges in Ethiopia. By doing so, points of
the investigations regarding the adequacy and availability of training facilities are of
helpful to determine lessons that can be drawn and shared from the findings.
This comparative method of study was used to identify the differences and similari ties
between two (2) NGO training colleges and four (4) government Agriculture TVET
colleges. These sample training colleges were from Harari, Oromia and SNNP regional
states on the basis of purposive sampling. The findings indicated that almost both types
of colleges had similar major objectives to train the students in their respective
colleges.
NGO training colleges had better training facilities in terms of quality and quantity in
relation to the number of students enrolled in their colleges as compared to that of
government Agriculture TVET colleges. However, among the other problems, in both
types of colleges, there were no adequate farmlands to demonstrate practical teaching.Besides, both types of colleges lacked relevant and adequate teaching materials as well
as up-to-dated reference books in their respective libraries.
Therefore, it is recommended that Government Agriculture TVET Colleges either have
to fulfill the required amount of training facilities that cope up with the number of
trainees enrolled or admit only students that the colleges in general and the training
facilities in particular can accommodate before launching the training programs as that
of good lessons observed in NGO training colleges
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Government Technical Vocational Education