The participants of this study were thirty two students (mild males=9, mild females =3rn,moderate males=J2 and moderatefemales=8), six teachers, two principals of the center, andrnone Ministry of Labor and Social Affair team leader of persons with disabilities. Except thernstudents all of them were selected using pwposive sampling method; hence the students werernselected by random sampling. Four data collection instruments were used, namely, competencyrnrating scale, questionnaire, interview, and document analysis. In order to analyze the datarnboth qualitative and quantitative analysis were usedrnThe result showed that in center of mental retardation there are ten varieties of prevocationalrnadaptive skills and prevocational skills training given for students with mental retardation.rnThe majority of the students were competent in these skills training, except in functionalrnacademics and petty trading; and their first vocational skill training choice was janitorialrnactivity. Moreover, the performance on prevocational adaptive skill was correlated withrnprevocational skill training. On the other hand, the pelformance on these skills trainingrnanalyzed by sex seems to appear in favor of males, where as in the case level of retardation,rnmild students performed bener than those of moderate with some exceptions.rnThe results also showed that persons with mental retardation have higher rates ofrnunemployment comparing with persons with and with out disabilities. In addition, the findingrnindicated that the main challenge of the implementation policy was financial shortage, lack ofrnskilled persons, and lack of awareness.rnThis study concluded that students with mental retardation are able to perform different tasksrnof vocational skills training options with appropriate order and supervision. Despite thisrndemonstration of competency, many persons with mental retardation are underemployedrnHowever, few of them have job in non-governmental organizations Suggestions andrnrecommendations based on this study are included