Factors Affecting Self-employement Of Graduates Of Government Technical And Vocational Education And Training Institutes In South West Shoa Zone Of Oromia Region

The main purpose of the study was to assess factors affecting self-employment of governmentrnTVET graduates in South West Shoa zone of Oromia region. To achieve the objectives of thernstudy, descriptive survey and purposive sampling method was used. From 277 self-employedrngraduates, 86 were selected by simple random sampling, out of 40 unemployed graduates 18rnwere selected by purposive sampling, 3 TVET College Deans were selected by availablernsampling methods and 3 Entrepreneur trainers were selected by purposive sampling method.rnTotally 109 respondents participated in the study. The college selected in this study were:rnWaliso TVET College, Tulu Bolo and Leman TVET Inistitutes. Questionnaire prepared in termsrnof open and closed ended item, semi structured interview and FGD were the main instrumentsrnused to collect data. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analyzed. Therndata obtained through the questionnaires were analyzed using percentages. The informationrnacquired through open- ended questionnaires, semi structure interview and FGD werernanalyzed to complement the quantitative data. As regard to the factors affecting self-rnemployment, it was found that 59% & 57% of the self-employed graduates, and most of thernFGD participants responded that ‘lack of working place’ and ‘ lack of credit access ‘ that ledrnthe graduates not to be self-employed. Hence, the graduates could not access the premises andrncredit services opportunities provided by the government. In addition lack of market accessrnwas the other factor mentioned by the graduates whereas the Deans and instructors believedrnthat graduates’ attitude, lack of self-determination and lack of risk taking behavior werernfactors that hinder self-employment. Self-employed graduates also mentioned hard workrn(93.6%), need to achieve life goal (96%) and self-determination (96.6%) as the first threernimportant factors of personality traits for self-employment. Vocational guidance andrncounseling service was also rated medium and below by 85% of the graduates that impliesrnweak service. Based on the findings lack of premises, lack of credit access & start-up capital ,rnabsence of hard work and self-determinations were concluded as the major determinant factorrnfor self-employment. To this end, the concerned body should provide the premises, creditrnaccess and strong vocational guidance and support service should be given to facilitate andrnencourage the graduates for self-employment.

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