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Technical and vocational education and training in Uganda: A critical analysis

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  • Ibrahim Mike Okumu
  • Edward Bbaale

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This article undertakes a diagnostic study of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sub‐sector in Uganda, with a view to characterizing the sub‐sector and identifying its potential strengths and weakness. We undertook a cross‐sectional pre‐survey of purposively selected key stakeholders in the TVET sub‐sector. We selected performance indicators following their importance in influencing the TVET reform process. Both qualitative and quantitative data was solicited from the stakeholders. Quantitative data was collected through stakeholder‐specific structured questionnaires, whilst qualitative data was collected through desk review and field visits, individual focused interviews and focus group discussions. Our findings indicate that financing and planning constraints have resulted in poor quality equipment, under‐ and ill‐trained staff, limited adoption of a competence‐based education and training (CBET) curriculum, not to mention the supervision inadequacies of TVET institutions. Besides, the limited TVET sub‐sector interaction with the private sector has incapacitated TVET curriculum development to nurture skills demanded by the private sector. Furthermore, backward technology use in the private sector has equally inhibited the success of student attachment programmes. Finally, legal ambiguities have perpetuated a qualification jungle and overlapping curricula.

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  • Ibrahim Mike Okumu & Edward Bbaale, 2019. "Technical and vocational education and training in Uganda: A critical analysis," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 37(6), pages 735-749, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:devpol:v:37:y:2019:i:6:p:735-749
    DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12407
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    1. Guo, Dong & Wang, Anyi, 2020. "Is vocational education a good alternative to low-performing students in China," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
    2. Tadesse, Endale & Gao, Chunhai & Sun, Jing & Khalid, Sabika & Lianyu, Cai, 2022. "The impact of socioeconomic status on self-determined learning motivation: A serial mediation analysis of the influence of Gaokao score on seniority in Chinese higher vocational college students," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 143(C).

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