The main purpose of this study was to undertaken an assessment of factors that affect selfemploymentrnof unemployed graduates of government TVET colleges of ANRS. To this end, answersrnto the basic questions pertaining to suitability of the rules and regulations of ACSJ and townrnmunicipalities, the level of support provided by WSME and WAP Offices, the relevance of therntrainings provided by the colleges and the availability of inputs such as market access, creditrnaccess, premises etc., and measures to be taken were sought for. The research methodologyrnemployed in this study was descriptive survey. Accordingly, survey questionnaires and interviewrnquestions items were prepared and pilot tested and administered to a sample of 858 subjectsrncomposed of 6 deans, 140 instructors, 600 trainees and 112 unemployed graduates. A total of 834rn(97. 2%) of the questionnaires were properly filled in and returned. In addition to this interview andrndocument analysis were made to collect the necessary information Results obtained were analyzedrnby using descriptive method such as percentage and chi-square test. The findings of this studyrnindicates that the rules and regulations of ACSJ and town municipalities were not suitable, the levelrnof support provided by WMSE and WAP offices was low, the trainings provided by the collegesrnwere not relevant. Moreover, trainees and unemployed graduates did not have the required andrnfavorable allitude towards self-employment. Thus, to alleviate the above problems,rnrecommendations were forwarded. Hence, all factors that negatively affect the effort of TVETrngraduates of the colleges of the region should be avoid and hence make the environment favorable.rnBesides, ANRS TVET Agency and the respective colleges of the region should be pay allention /0rnthe relevance of TVET programs. To this end, the curriculum nfTVP-Twhich is brought Ji"om MoErnshould be adapt to the specific situation of the region and design in line with providing knowledgernand skills which are required by the local labour market. Hence, enable graduates to create theirrnown jobs.