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Contribution Of Technical And Vocational Education And Training (Tvet) Program In Promoting Employment Opportunities Among The Youth In Rwanda: A Case Of Nyabihu District (Rwanda)

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  • Desire Rukundo
  • Cyprien Sikubwabo

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"The purpose of the study was to investigate the contribution of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) program in promoting employment opportunities among the youth in Rwanda. Its specific objectives are to assess the contribution of hands-on skills and entrepreneurship skills as acquired from Rwandan TVET schools, in promoting employment opportunities among the youth in Nyabihu district. The study adopted both qualitative and quantitative design. The population from which the sample was delivered is 1883 persons. The sample size was derived from TVET graduates living in Nyabihu District to be surveyed using the Yamane’s formula at a confidence interval of 90% and margin of error of 10%. The calculation gave 95 persons as the sample size. TVET graduates who were ready to provide information have been selected. The researcher used simple random sampling technique. He also used the questionnaire as a research instrument. The researcher analyzed data using SPSS and the results were presented in tables. The results showed that the respondents agree that Hands-on skills acquired from TVET have helped them to create a job. On this issue, the conclusion is that hands-on skills obtained from TVET schools are very important in job creation, performance at work, job promotion and job security with the aggregated Mean=4.28; SD=0.68. However, the importance on job creation and job security is very limited with their Mean falling under 4.20. Also, entrepreneurship skills acquired from Rwandan TVET schools are not fully exploited and their role in promoting employment opportunities is limited in Nyabihu District with the aggregated Mean of 3.01 and SD of 1.17. Based on the study findings the researcher recommends the following: The government should put in place a fund that would help TVET graduates to be able to create their own job; the courses related to Entrepreneurship should be strengthened." Key Words: TVET, Vocational education, hands on skills, entrepreneurship,

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  • Desire Rukundo & Cyprien Sikubwabo, 2021. "Contribution Of Technical And Vocational Education And Training (Tvet) Program In Promoting Employment Opportunities Among The Youth In Rwanda: A Case Of Nyabihu District (Rwanda)," Working papers 2021-40-03, Voice of Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:vor:issues:2021-40-03
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