Abstract:
Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is widely recognized as a
vital driving force for the socio-economic growth and technological development
of Ethiopia. The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that affect the
quality of technical vocational education and training at eleven governmental
colleges in East Gojjam Zone. Questionnaires were the main data gathering
instruments. Data were analyzed quantitatively using descriptive statistics, and
qualitatively using descriptive narration. The outcome of the study shows that
lack of required TVET facilities, poor funding of TVET programmes; poor training
and retraining of TVET trainers and instructors; poor training methods, poor
managerial activities, and poor assessment of TVET trainees’ competency. Thus,
it was recommended that the Federal TVET agency, stakeholders, policy
makers, and TVET providers in Amhara region. TVET bureau should focus on
TVET quality assurance best practices that have worked on colleges around the
Amhara region. Also, government should adequately fund, plan, implement, and
manage TVET strategy and programmes. The population of the study consists of
447trainers 7819 trainees 50 department heads and 33 deans of the college’s
34TVET expertise and 50 textile garment trainees. Both the trainers and trainees
first selected on the basis of department and occupational area respectively by
using simple random sampling. Then the sample trainers, trainees, and expertise
population took from among these by random numbering table selection method.
The 33 deans.50 department heads and 50 textile garment trainees were
purposively selected; still comprehensive sampling method was employed
because of their dependability due to the positions they hold and to relate the
study with textile garment department regarding quality training. In general,
224(50%) out of 447 trainers and 50(100 )textile garment trainees
782(10%) out of 7819 trainees
50(100%) department heads
33(100%) deans of the colleges and 17(50 ) out of 34 TVET bureau
expertise were selected as a sample.