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Vocational Training Services And Youth Employment In Kitagata Town Council, Sheema District

Kyokusiima Treasure, Arinaitwe Julius


Abstract

The topic of the study was to investigate the impact of Vocational Training Services on Youth Employment in Kitagata Town Council Sheema District. Specifically, the study sought To assess the meaning of youth employment in Kitagata Town council, Sheema district, To find out different youth employment programs in Kitagata town council, To establish the relationship between vocational training services and youth employment in Kitagata town council, Sheema. Data analysis and interpretation of the questionnaire responses from the respondents revealed that despite the knowledge, civil society and the general public did not place this issue as very important one. The study involved all genders that is, both female and male were encouraged to participate and according to the findings The largest proportion of respondents were male (56%; n=42) while 44% (n = 33) were female. Almost all sexes of respondents were represented. The study involved many people from different levels of education and according to the finding’s majority were degree holders (54%; n = 40); 29% (n = 22) were diploma holders while only 17% (n = 13) were certificate holders. Most of these respondents were students in various vocational training institutions in Kitagata town council. The study also considered inquiring the time period spend by the respondents in Kitagata town council and 40% of the total respondents had spent 3-5 years in Kitagata town council, then 27% had spent 1-3 years while 20% had spent less than one year, while just 13% of the respondents had spent above 5 years in Kitagata town council. Vocational Training services according to most government national development and sessional papers is supposed to play two crucial roles in the national social and economic development. The first role is to provide training opportunities and career advancement avenues for the increased school leavers. The second role is to provide skilled manpower that is needed at all levels of the economy. The skills so developed should be able to lead to self-reliance in the absence of salaried employment and enhance Uganda’s industrialization process.

Keywords

Vocational Training Services economic development And Youth Employment
Metropolitan Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research

Cite This Article

Kyokusiima Treasure & Arinaitwe Julius (2024). Vocational Training Services And Youth Employment In Kitagata Town Council, Sheema District. Metropolitan Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research, 3(4). https://journals.miu.ac.ug/pages/article.php?article_id=1128

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