Gender Role Perception And Vocational Choice Of Trainees In Tvet Colleges Institutions

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of sex,rnparents' educational background and gender role perception on vocationalrnchoice of trainees in TVET colleges /institutions. Gender role p erceptionrnand vocational choice were measured in 309 participants (159 males andrn150 females). Gender role perception measure assessed participants'rnattitude on gender roles along a five -point Likert scale. Vocational choicernmeasures assessed participants' level of inte rest to different vocationsrnalong a five point scale of interest. The collected data were treated with anrnindepend ent t-test, one way ANOVA, three-way ANOVA and four-wayrnANOVA and with post-hoc scheffee test. The result of the study revealedrnthat there was no significant difference between males and females inrngender role p e rception. Both displayed traditional gender role attitude. Arnsignificant difference was found between males and females in vocationalrnchoice. Females showed high interest in service/clerical vocations thanrnmales. Males showed high interest in practical/ manual vocations thanrnfemales. Parents' educational background was found to be influential inrntrainees gender role attitude but not on their vocational choice. The postrnhoc comparison (Scheffee Test) demonstrated that trainees with parents ofrnhigher educational le vel demons trated fewer traditional gender rolernattitudes than trainees with parents of lower educational le vel. It was alsornfound that gender role perception laid an influence on vocational choice.rnFinally, possible recommendations are forwarded taking into considerationrnthe target group and other s takeholders .

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