Investigating the Framework for Examining the Factors Influencing Vocational Education and Training (VET) as the Crucial Factor of Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship Development

There are many contributions of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) on a nation’s economy. TVET has been proved as the key for skill development. With its feature focused on specific occupation, it has allowed individuals to find skill related jobs or start own employment. TVET stands a major player in economic growth of a nation through development of workforce and rise in employment rate. On one hand, TVET’s role stands on employment generation in the job market while on the other hand, TVET is regarded more significant to promote self employment where employment opportunities are scare and individuals are enrolled in informal or agricultural sector. This paper tries to explore different contributions of TVET on employment in the labour market and in uplifting self employment through the development of relevant skills and the different kinds of contributions it gives and importance it holds depending upon the economic development of the nations.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jtd.v1i0.13094 Journal of Training and Development Vol.1 2015: 77-84

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FACTORS INFLUENCING ENROLMENT STUDENTS IN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING SCHOOLS

Science and Technology Development Journal ◽

10.32508/stdj.v13i3.2161 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 58-67

Author(s):

Thuy Thi Chau Cao

Keyword(s):

High Schools ◽

Young People ◽

Vocational Education ◽

Education And Training ◽

Vocational Education And Training ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Training Schools ◽

Technical And Vocational Education ◽

And Training

Attracting more young people to join Technical and Vocational Education and Training schools (TVET) is an important measure so as to enhance the quality of labor workforce. This paper presents a study on factors influencing on the number of people registrating into TVET schools after they graduate from high schools. The aim of this study is to explain why, currently, in Vietnam, there is only a limited number of pupils in high schools registering into TVET schools. Based on that, a couple of proposals are made to encourage more young people to enrolling in those schools.

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Improving quality assurance in European vocational education and training: factors influencing the use of quality assurance findings

Studies in Continuing Education ◽

10.1080/01580370903546649 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 74-76

Author(s):

Ian Cornford

Keyword(s):

Quality Assurance ◽

Vocational Education ◽

Education And Training ◽

Vocational Education And Training ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

And Training

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Influence of Cognitive Factors on Self-Employment Intention Among Students in Technical, Vocational Education and Training in Kenya

International Journal of Business Administration ◽

10.5430/ijba.v9n5p21 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 21

Author(s):

David Maina Kahando ◽

Esther Nyambura Mungai

Keyword(s):

Vocational Education ◽

Entrepreneurship Education ◽

Education And Training ◽

High Rate ◽

Cognitive Factors ◽

Vocational Education And Training ◽

Self Employment ◽

Geographical Regions ◽

The Government ◽

And Training

Entrepreneurship has been identified as a crucial activity for economic growth and employment generation worldwide. However, this has not been effective in most developing countries, Kenya as an example, has a high rate of unemployment among the young graduates emerging from universities and tertiary institutions. One of the government challenges is transforming the mindset of students to venture into business rather than seeking employments. This study thus examined the relationship between cognitive factors, entrepreneurship education and how these variables influence self-employment intentions among Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Kenya. The study objectives were to determine the influence of cognitive factors and the moderating effect of entrepreneurship education on students’ self-employment intentions. The study adopted a survey research design. Self-administered questionnaire was developed and administered to 400 diploma engineering finalist sampled from 41 public Institutions spread in five geographical regions in the country using multistage and simple random sampling approach. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics with the help of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20. Pearson’s Coefficient Correlation was used to examine reliability of data. Factor analysis was conducted to investigate the internal structure among the set of variables. Multiple linear regressions analysis was used to examine the effect of independent variables on the dependent variable. The results of findings showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between cognitive factors and self-employment intention. The results also showed that entrepreneurship education enhances cognitive factors and thus strongly influence self-employment intentions.

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