Practice, Problems and Prospects of Nonformal Technical and Vocational Education and Training: The Case of Selected Government Tvet Colleges in Snnpr
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2009-02
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to identify and assess the practice, problems and prospects of
Non-formal (basic and junior level) TVET program in TVET Colleges of SNNPR The TVET
Colleges included in this study were Hawassa and Arbaminch TVET colleges randomly selected
from four TVET colleges implementing the NF-TVET program integrating with the formal TVET
program. In this study descriptive survey method was employed to conduct the study. Thus, 156
trainees, 90 trainers and 5 TVET offiCials (2 deans, 2 vocational counselors and I regional TVET
agency official) were selected by using stratified random sampling' and purposive sampling
techniques respectively. The instruments used in this study to gather data were research
questionnaire, interview, observation and document review. Questionnaires were distributed to
156 trainees and 90 trainers while interview was conducted with two TVET college deans, two
TVET cc !!ege vocational co unselors and one regional TVET agency official. The data collected
was analyzed using statistical tools such as percentage, mean and rank order. The finding of the
study revealed that the lev el of awar eness and readiness of trainers, trainees and leaders towards
the NF-TVET program wa s low. Th e study also revealed that the participation of stakeholders in
the implementation of th e NF- TVET program in the TVET Colleges was low. Thefindingfurther
revealed that the adequacy of the resource (human, material and financial) to implem ent th e
program in the TVET Colleges was low. Furthermore, lack of awareness and readiness towards
the NF-TVET program, low stakeholders participation in the implem entation of the program,
shortage of training budget, inadequacy of relevant training materials, la ck of proper conducting
of labor market and tra ining assessment, low management competence of leaders, lack of
documentation and inform at ion database system of the program and low follow-up of trainees at
pre-, during and post-training were identified as major problems of th e program implementation
process encountered whi ch need serious improvement. Moreover, high demand of youth and
adults for training, es tablishment of MSEDA, availability of s takeholders supporting the
program, . introduction of credit services for train ed youth and adults, availability of policy and
strategy documents supporting the program, high demand of investors for semi-skilled manpower
. and capacity of TVET Colleges to provide training (during day, evening, weekend, holidays and
summer time) were iden tified as prospective grounds to implement the program in the TVET
Colleges as well as in th e region. Finally, in light of these findings, several recommendations
related to mvareness, parlicipation, capacity building, and others are forwarded.
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Nonformula Technical, and Vocational Education and Training: