Skills Development: Vocational Education
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Table 4.4: Analysis (Challenges) in TVET sector in Palestine
S Teacher Administrator Comments
Item Xt Result Xa Result
1 Palestine has essential funding for skill
training
1.74 1.74<3.5 2.78 2.78<3.5 Not accepted
2 People have negative attitudes towards
enrolling in TVET sectors
3.61 3.61>3.5 4.00 4.00>3.5 Accepted
3 Due to gender inequality, majority of
women have not been trained
3.12 3.12<3.5 2.91 2.91<3.5 Not accepted
4 There is a lack of long term plans (vision)
for improving TVET sectors
4.08 4.08>3.5 3.52 3.52>3.5 Accepted
5 Vocational education is less popular 3.59 3.59>3.5 3.91 3.91>3.5 Accepted
6 There is shortage of specialized teachers 4.08 4.08>3.5 3.57 3.57>3.5 Accepted
7 Female skilled workers face higher level of
unemployment compared to male
3.25 3.25<3.5 3.23 3.23<3.5 Not accepted
8 Palestine does not send many of their
skilled people to foreign countries due to
English or other language difficulties
3.51 3.51>3.5 3.73 3.73>3.5 Accepted
9 Palestine does not have adequate TVET
institutions for skill training
2.65 2.65<3.5 Not accepted
10 There is a lack of competent instructors in
TVET sectors
3.17 3.17<3.5 Not accepted
11 Youths’ opinions have not been taken into
consideration while formulating policies
for the development of VE
3.83 3.83>3.5 Accepted
12 Graduates are not competent to meet
industrial requirement.
2.91 2.91<3.5 Not accepted
From Table 4.4 and Figure 4.4, we conclude that TVET sectors of Palestine are facing the
following challenges:
1. Palestine does not have essential funding for skill training. Therefore funding is a major
problem in Palestine.
2. People have negative attitudes towards enrolling in TVET sectors.
3. ‘Due to gender inequality, themajority ofwomen have not been trained’, this statement is not
supported by the finding. Therefore, gender is not an issue in Palestine.
4. There is lack of long term plans (vision) for improving TVET sectors.
5. Vocational education is less popular (it has less social value).
6. There is shortage of specialized teachers in the vocational institutes
7. Female skilledworkers do not usually face higher level of unemployment compared to male.
8. Palestine cannot send many of their skilled people to a foreign country due to English or
other language barriers.
9. Palestine has adequate TVET institutions for skill training. On the other hand, qualitativedata
shows that due to continual war, TVET institutions were severely affected (Qualitative data
provide much deeper understanding about this statement, please see qualitative findings,
page. 95).
10.There is a lack of competent instructors (teachers) in TVET sectors (this find is not confirmed
yet when the mean value is less than 3.50).
11.Youths’ opinions have not been taken into consideration sufficiently while formulating
policies for the development of vocational education.
12. The graduates are competent to meet industrial requirement (Qualitative data provide
much deeper understanding about this statement, please see qualitative findings , page 95).