The practice and roblems of Tvet reform implementation in west Hararghe Zone f Oromia region
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2010-06
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Addis Ababa Universty
Abstract
Ethiopian TVET system is reformed with the intention of providing the economy with middle
level skilled workforce and alleviating poverty and its implementation is under way. The
implementation phase of any change process is typically the most failure- prone. To this end,
this study was designed to assess the practice and problems that hinder the successful
implementation of TVET reform in West Haraghe zone. Descriptive survey was the research
method employed to identifY the scale and nature of problems of TVET reform
implementation. The study was conducted in six Woredas and four TVET institutions, West
Hararghe zone TVET offices and Oromia TVET Agency . Trainers, Trainees and
Management bodies were selected from sample TVET institution by systematic sampling
technique. Three separate questionnaire, interview and focus group discussion guide, were
employed to col/ect data from a total of 251 respondents. In addition, check list was utilized
to collect data from Zone and Woreda TVET Offices and TVET institutions. The data
gathered through questionnaires were analyzed by employing statistical tools such as
frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, grand mean Cruskal-Walis test, MannWhitney
U-test, independent sample t-test and one way ANOVA. The tests were made with
95% (a= 0.05) level of confidence. The result of the study portrayed that the efforts that
have been made to create the enabling environment for TVET reform implementation were
constrained by poorly built consensus among the stakeholders, poorly committed and
functioning of established TVET governance, poor linkage of market place requirement and
delivery systems, theoretically dominated training approaches ,and poor allocation of
resources. This implies that the preparations made, and the results obtained might not be
promising in the realization of TVET reform implementation. Hence, it is inferred that the
implementation of TVET reform seems poor and the intended success in terms of formal
TVET might not be attained. The alternative solutions recommended to be addressed by West
Hararghe Zone and its respective Woreda TVET offices and TVET institutions are: revisiting
the implementation plan, undertaking planned market need assessment, establishing strong
cooperative training system with employers, mobilizing relatively adequate resource, and
providing at least one TVET institution per three Woredas with meaningful involvement of
stakeholders.
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Education