The purpo~e o'tthis study was fO address" the --inj?uence of selected psycho­ educational variables on.self-employment beliefs of TVET students in Amhara region. To achieve thts goal, survey research ll'as employed. .A total of 200 students, of whom 77 Male and 123 Female were selected using proportional allocation and random sampling technique from 3 TVET Institutes, selected purposely, and 1.f. Departments found in Amhara regional state. A questionnaire was prepared to gather data on psycho- educational variables. self-efficacy belief entrepreneurial quality, and locus of control, educational value, achievement motivation, and hopelessness towards .... self-employment beliefs of TVET students. The results were analyzed by the use of factor analysis, correlation analysis and t-test. Moreover. multiple regressions were run to examine thecomposite and, independent effects or predictive strength of self-efficacy belief entrepreneurial quality, educational value, achievement motivation, locus of control, and hopelessness on 'self-employment belief, and with each orher. Tstests' revealed the high prevalence of all the variables. Regression analyses yielded a joint explain variance of 13%. Besides it was re~1ea!ed that self-efficacy followed by hopelessness was the best predictor. relative to the-Stated variables, in this s~dy, towards self-employment belief The decomposition effect revealed. that self-efficacy belief locus of control and achievement motivation had significant effects on entrepreneurial quality. .... ... ABSTRACT Based Ci1 findings, concerned bodies are recommended tu put their eyes ·to11 ards psycho-educational variables and to those variables that are nor included in thls study that- influence or promote self-employment belief of TVET students. . 1 . ' Vlll , '