Skills Development: Vocational Education
in the Islamic Countries
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THEME 7: The gap between vocational education and the needs of the labor market
S/No ITEMS T SA A N DA SDA X
1 Female Skilled workers face
higher level of
unemployment compared
to male
18 1
5.6%
7
38.9%
2
11.1%
7
38.9%
1
5.6%
3.00
2 Outdated skill training that
are not compatible
(matching) with the current
need of the labor market
18 1
5.6%
14
77.8%
0 3
16.7%
0 3.72
3. There is no relationship
between no of TVET
graduates and the skilled
workers needed in the
industries
18 3
16.7%
9
50%
1
5.6%
5
27.8%
0 3.56
4 Uganda cannot send many
of their skilledpeople in
foreign country due to
English or other language
problem
18 2
11.1%
1
5.6%
2
11.1%
9
50%
4
22.2%
2.33
Do you find any other gaps (mismatch) between vocational education and the needs of the labor
market?
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