An Investigation Of Lacement Service Activities For Prospective And Assigned Technical And Vocational Education Training (tvet) Students In Addis Ababa
The purpose of the study was to investigate the student placement service activities forrnprospective and assigned TVET student in jive selected Addis Ababa GovernmentrnTVET illstitutions. The major sources of data collection for the study were 232rntrainees, 81 teachers and 9 vocational coullselors. Moreover ofjlcials who work in thernregional education bureau were the source of data collection. The design of the studyrnwas quantitative and the descriptive SUtvq method was used. After the data wererncollected through instruments responses were categorized and frequencies wererntabulated. Tlte results of the study generatly revealed that: (a) there is a critical needrnfor vocational guidance s.ervice hefore placement. (b) The number of school counselorsrn. was very low and the vocational guidallce services were found inadequate. (c) Manyrntrainees had low interest towards TVET programs and their field of study. (d) Thernmajor criterion used to determille the /lumber of new trainees is based on the intakerncapacity of TVET institutions and (e) the availability of resources like raw materials,rnshops and laboratories were not adequate for the assigned students.