The purpose of this stu dy was to investigate the c hallenges of thernimplementation of Compe tency-Based Training (CBT) in some selected Add isrnAbaba City Administra tion TVET colleges: En toto and Mesrak TVET colleges inrnthe fields of Textile a nd Garment, Automotive, Hotel a nd touri sm, Electrica lrnElec tronics and Drafting a nd Surveying. In this s tudy, the basic questions werernformulated and Desc riptive survey method was employed to assess the cu rrent:rncondition and overall pe rformance of Competency-Based Tra ining (CBT). Thernsample population included 14 Acade mic s tu ff members (Dean , TVET c hiefrnexpert a nd supe rvisor of the industries) 58 trainers a nd 188 train ees. The datarncollecting instruments in cluded ques tionn a ires which con s ist of close-endedrnquestions and open-ended, semi structured interview ques tion s, documentrnana ly sis and observa tion. The d a ta was a n a lyzed using Desc riptive s tati s ti calrnmethod. The statistical tools used inc lude; frequency, percentage and meanrnvalue. The study revealed that the understandin g, readiness and com mi tmentrno of trainers, trainees and Academic stuffs as well as the co nce rned bodies of thernindustries were low in implementing the program. Workshop mate rial, toolsrnand equipment were inadequate in th ese co llcges . The inLcgration of schoolrnbased and work place learn ing is a t low leve l. In a ddition to thi s, thernassessments of the performance of students were not based on the requiredrnoccupa tiona l standard a nd unit of competency, especially In work placcrnlearning . Moreover, there was lack of coope rative training on difficult unit ofrncompetences with in occupa t ional standa rds. Based on the major findingsrnrecommenda tions were made .