The purpose of this paper is examining the role of TVET-industry partnership on the acquisitions ... more The purpose of this paper is examining the role of TVET-industry partnership on the acquisitions of employability skills of polytechnic graduates. It highlighted the concept of Partnership, TVET-industry partnership, and employability skills as perceived by college deans, trainers, employed TVET college graduates, and industry managers. A qualitative case study design was employed in this study utilizing the methods of indepth interviews and document review with key informants to provide data. The findings of study revealed, effective TVET-industry partnership highly contributes to the improvement of acquisitions of employability skills of polytechnic graduates provided that lack of initiative by TVET institutions and poor response from the industries, lack of curriculum reviews as per the requirements of industry, lack of policy supported incentive mechanisms for industry in implementing effective TVET-industry partnership were among the major challenges facing the collaboration of...
The purpose of this paper is examining the role of TVET-industry partnership on the acquisitions ... more The purpose of this paper is examining the role of TVET-industry partnership on the acquisitions of employability skills of polytechnic graduates. It highlighted the concept of Partnership, TVET-industry partnership, and employability skills as perceived by college deans, trainers, employed TVET college graduates, and industry managers. A qualitative case study design was employed in this study utilizing the methods of indepth interviews and document review with key informants to provide data. The findings of study revealed, effective TVET-industry partnership highly contributes to the improvement of acquisitions of employability skills of polytechnic graduates provided that lack of initiative by TVET institutions and poor response from the industries, lack of curriculum reviews as per the requirements of industry, lack of policy supported incentive mechanisms for industry in implementing effective TVET-industry partnership were among the major challenges facing the collaboration of...
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