The purpose of this study was to asses the extent of the willingness, currentrnpractice and factors that influence trainers' participation in decision making inrnthree government TVET colleges of Addis Ababa. Thus, to undergo the studyrndescriptive survey method was used. The data were collected throughrnquestionnaires and interviews. Eighty-nine Trainers (80 male and 9 female) andrnthree Deans (2 male and 1 female) were responded for the purpose of this study.rnPercentage, chi-square, mean, standard deviation and t-test were employed tornanalyzes and interpret the data. The out put of the data analyzed showed thatrnsignificant difference exists between the willingness and current practices in thernlevel of trainers' participation. The willingness of trainers' to participate inrndecision making in the selected TVET College is relatively high, whereas, therndegree of the current trainers' participation is found to be low. The study showedrnthat those factors that influence trainers' participation in decision making are:rnlack of trust, understanding on different issues between Trainers and Deans,rnmotivation, good will from the side of deans and others, and unparticipative rulesrnand regulations of the colleges. Finally, it was recommended that goodrnrelationship and trust should be maintained and deans of colleges shouldrnfacilitate and coordinate workshops, seminar etc 'to create awareness programmernon different educational issues so as to accomplish the objectives of the TVETrncolleges.