Assessment of the opportunities and challenges in the implementation of cooperative Training. The case of selected public Technical and Vocational Education and Training Colleges in Addis Ababa City Government (PDF)

Master's Thesis from the year 2014 in the subject Didactics - Common Didactics, Educational Objectives, Methods, Addis Ababa University (College of Education and behavioural studies), course: Vocational Management, language: English, abstract: The main purpose of the study was to assess the opportunities and challenges in the implementation of cooperative training in three government colleges in Addis Ababa City Government. To this end , an attempt was made to look in to the criterion for selecting and placement of trainees on cooperative training enterprises, arrangements and selection procedures of cooperative training enterprises , the extent of cooperative training delivery, the opportunities and challenges of implementing cooperative training were raised as basic question. Opinions and views of trainees , trainers, supervisors and deans on the adequacy and appropriateness of training period , evaluation and supervision of trainees at the work place , the extent of cooperative training delivery, the opportunities and challenges of implementing cooperative training were treated. The study employed descriptive analysis of the data collected in regular programs of the three colleges selected from Entoto Poly TVET College (EPTVETC), Misrak Poly TVET College (MPTVETC) and Nifas silk Poly TVET College(NPTVETC) .The subject of the study were 3 deans , 3 cooperative training coordinators/ vocational counselors, 185 trainers, 273 trainees and 3 cooperative training enterprises .Trainees and trainers were selected through stratified random sampling technique while deans, supervisors and coordinators of cooperative training were selected through purposive sampling techniques. The data gathered were organized using descriptive statistical analysis .The finding of the study revealed that availability of supervisor and occupation were widely used criterion to select cooperative training enterprises in EPTVETC and MPTVETC while interest of cooperative training enterprises was the dominant factor in selecting cooperative training enterprises for NPTVETC trainees .Placement of trainees to practice centers was done by agreement between colleges and cooperative training enterprises. Factors that affect the practice in the colleges include shortage of training materials , the low qualification of trainers, transport cost of trainees due to long distance they traveled for cooperative training. Moreover, the opportunities in the implementation of cooperative include , the existence of strategies , guidelines , potential enterprises in Addis Ababa and the emphasis of government towards cooperative training program. [...]