Methods of financing technical and vocational education and training, and entrepreneurship education to support skills development in Lusaka province, Zambia.
Date
2019
Authors
Mubanga, Phillip
Hock, Oo Yu
Karim, Asif Mahbub
Mulenga, Innocent Mutale
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Publisher
International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI)
Abstract
-Technical and Vocational Education and Training
(TVET), and Entrepreneurship Education are vital components
in the economic development equation of any country. However,
these training systems can only be effective where sustainable
methods of financing TVET and entrepreneurship training are
in place.
In order to obtain information on the most appropriate methods
of funding skills development in the two specific skills categories,
it was deemed necessary and important to obtain reliable
empirical quantitative and qualitative data from the government
officers, the industry experts and administrators in vocational
institutions.
A questionnaire was administered in all the eight districts of
Lusaka Province among purposely selected sixteen TVET
administrators. Interviews were conducted with the sixteen
purposely selected senior government officers, and sixteen
parents of TVET learners selected using snowball sampling. Two
respondents were drawn from each respondent group across the
eight districts. Since the study adopted a mixed research
approach with a concurrent triangulation design, data were
analysed through a thematic approach and also utilising
descriptive statistics from the Statistical Package for Social
Sciences (SPSS).
This article focuses on the evaluation of the most appropriate
methods of financing TVET,and Entrepreneurship education
with the rationale of improving skills development to mitigate
underdevelopment which has mainly contributed to
unemployment leading to abject poverty in Lusaka province.
The findings of the study revealed seven appropriate methods of
financing TVET and Entrepreneurship education. Furthermore,
results showed that lack of funding or inadequate funding were
cited as some of the causes of poorly resourced vocational
institutions leading to inadequate tools, equipment, shortage of
teaching materials in vocational schools and low motivation
among the teaching staff and other faculty members.
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Keywords
Technical and vocational education and training (TVET). , Entrepreneurship education. , Skills development, underdevelopment.