Student Attitudes Towards Technical And Vocational Education And Training Program In Afar Region

The purpose of the study was to examine the attitude of students;rnparticularly those enrolled in soft and hard fields of the study, towardsrnTVET program as a function of the trainee gender, field of study and levelrnof education. The study was conducted in Afar Regional TVET colleges ofrnAdadale and Lucy. Four hundred (male=150 and female=250) traineesrnwere randomly selected from level three and level four trainees. Thernresult suggested a more favorable attitude of students towards TVETrnprogram and its value. Significant gender and educational level,rndifferences in attitude towards TVET and in perception on the value ofrnTVET program were found while that of field of study yields nonrnsignificant attitude differences. On the other hand, students did not wantrnto study TVET while they were in grade 10. Nevertheless, they exhibitedrnmore interest to TVET after they participated in the program. The threernmost important reasons for students to join TVET were scoring in thern10 th grade national exam, personal interest and expectation for furtherrntraining. The finding of the study suggests working actively to promoternthe interest of student towards TVET and to enhance further research onrnstudents’ attitude and perception towards TVET.

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