Practical Skills Acquisitions of Graduates Through Competency Based Training In Technical and Vocational Education And Training Colleges. Jimma Zone

Abstract

This study was aimed at investigating practical Skills acquisitions of the Graduates through Competency Based Training (CBT) in Technical and Vocational Education and Training College. From the total of 527 populations 174(32.4%) respondents were participated in this study. This study used various sampling techniques to select these respondents. 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 cross-sectional descriptive survey research design was used in this study. Both quantitative and qualitative approach was concurrently employed in this study. A closed ended questionnaire in the form of a 5-point of Likert 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 study findings of the instructors were not dedicated in using various strategies to address different learning styles, , lack of technical and vocational education and training institutions participation in planning of practical skill training , lack of enterprises and local industries participation in planning of cooperative training, poor interest of trainees to learn, absenteeism of graduates was observed during practical training, 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 better the TVET give attention to provide practical skills acquisitions through competency based training: It is a crucial that those TVET institutions with regional agency, zonal and Woreda 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 government TVET institutions, It is better TVET institutions encourage various government and non-government to ensure internship training program. deep train on pedagogical skills for instructors, continues creation of awareness 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 expected objectives.