Challenges facing technical and vocational education and training graduates in practical skill acquisition in bunno bedelle zone of oromia regional state

Abstract

This study was aimed at investigating challenges facing technical and vocational education and training graduates in practical skill acquisition in Bunno Bedelle Zone of Oromia Regional State. From thetotal of 527populations 174(32.4%) respondentswere participated in this study. A cross-sectional descriptive survey research design was used in this study. Both quantitative and qualitative approach was concurrently employed in this study. This study was used various sampling techniques. Hence, census sampling technique was used to get information from teachers (109), snowball sampling technique was employed to get information from graduates (55) and purposive sampling technique was used to get information from colleges deans ’and heads of micro enterprises and Civil services (10). A closed ended questionnaire in the form of a 5-point of Lickert scale was used to collect quantitative data. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics like t-test. Both open ended and interview were analyzed qualitatively. Some of the major findings the study is majority of instructors were not dedicated in using various strategies to address different learning styles, lack of technical and vocational education and training institutions participation to come together to participate in planning of practical skill training, lack of enterprises and local industries are participating in planning of cooperative training, poor interest of trainees to learn, absenteeism of graduates was observed during practical training, lack of availability of manufacturing companies that can provide cooperative training in local, and lack of necessary materials and machineries with proper operators during cooperative training, weak follow up of the TVET institution during practical training were identified. It is recommended that:It is a crucial those TVET institutions with regional agency, zonal and Worada administrations in collaboration to fulfill training materials and machines for trainees, it is better regional TVET agency invite private investors to establish additional TVET colleges in the zone and to make positive competition with governmentTVET institutions, Buno Beddelle TVET institutions are better to encourage various government and nongovernment to ensure internship training program. it is better deep train issued on pedagogical skills for instructors to capacitate them , it isalso advisable continues creation of awareness and adequate in job training for instructors as well as to every group of the management bodies and the community at various levels about the necessity of the expectedvi objectives of the technical and vocational education and training institutions, it is better encourage and support in building capacity and financially the newly established enterprises and manufacturing companies. It is better to work on retaining of competent instructors.