The purpose of this study was to assess the factors affecting entrepreneurial practice ofrnTVET graduates of west Gojjam Zone TVET colleges/Bahir Dar and Burie polytechnicrnColleges/. The participants of the study were 452(243 male and 209 female) graduatingrnclass trainees, 76(54 male and 22 Female) trainers, 76(50 male, 26 female) unemployedrngraduates of the year 2002 E. c., 10(2male and 8 female) self employed graduates of thernyear 2002 E.c., 3 employees of ACSI and 5 employees MSEDA, 2 vocational counselors,rn5 department heads, and 6 entrepreneurship trainers. Trainees and trainers werernselected using proportional stratified simple random simple random sampling,rnunemployed graduates, employees of ACSI and MSEDA, vocational counselors,rndepartment heads and entrepreneurship trainers were selected using available samplingrnmethod, and self employed graduates were selected using snowball sampling method. Therndata collection instruments were questionnaire, interview and focus group discussion.rnPercentages, mean, correlation and t- test has been applied to analyze the data. To checkrnthe reliabilities of the questionnaire pilot study had been done and the reliabilities of thernquestionnaire were checked using face validity and Cronbach Alpha statistical method.rnThe findings of the study indicated that the trainings provided by TVETrncolleges/institution were guided by the labour market information system properly,rnhowever, trainees are found to be poor in practical experience and they are found to bernlacking practical exposure. The finding of this study also showed that trainers have norninterest and motivation to provide quality training. According to the findings of the study,rnthe rules and regulation of ACSL MSEDA and town municipalities were not convenientrnand responsive to the problem of TVET graduates. The commitment and motivation ofrnworkers oftown'municipalities, ACSI and MSEDA is rated as low. Even if the literaturernteUs us that money can't be a precondition to start business, graduates and trainees havernshown that, money is a decisive factor for them to begin business. Generally the findingsrnof the study indicates that the major factors affecting entrepreneurial practice ofrngraduates might be the unresponsiveness of rules and regulations of ACSL MSEDA, andrntown municipality, Poor quality of training provided, obsolete machineries andrninsufficient provision of raw materials, and scarcity of text books and referencernmaterials, insufficient support from supervisors of industries providing cooperativerntraining, and unavailability of machineries according to the demand of the curriculum inrnindustries and interest of families to make graduates wage employed rather than selfrnemployed.