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In case of Palestine: The desired number of TVET Teachers (sample size) for collecting
quantitative data was 100 from all over Gaza strip.
In case of Uganda: 250 questionnaires were distributed among TVET teachers and 211 were
collected from all over Uganda. In order to clarify the participants recruiting process, the six
steps were followed in Uganda:
 Step one: Uganda being far from the research centre of this project, the chief researchers
wrote an email introducing the project to respective TVET institutions. Once the
institutions responded positively, the chief researcher farther made an appointment with
the institution and also introducing the research assistant whowill represent the project to
the TVET institution.
 Step two: In order to smoothly carry out this study without any difficulty, the manager of
the project wrote a letter requesting for assistance and support from the Directory of
BTVET under the ministry of Education and sports in Uganda. The BTVET letter was
attached to among the documents used by our research assistant.
 Step three. The research assistant of the project arrived on the appointed date with the
Principals of TVET institutions. The head of the departments were informed about the
nature and purpose of the study by the research assistant of this project.
 Step four: the research assistant requested Principals to forward an invitation letter to all
the teachers regarding this project .
 Step five: after distributing the invitation letter to target participants, interested teachers
from all departments were contacted by the lead researcher with the questionnaire and
distributed among them individually.
 Step six: teacherswhowere not present during the exercise, were contacted via online and
were sending a link for completing online survey.
(iii) Experts from industry: The senior-level workers who supervise skilled workers are
considered as experts in industry sectors. The manager/researchers of the project
communicated with the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of selected industries where skilled
workers are working. The research assistant visited the industry and distributed the
questionnaire among the supervisors (senor-level workers) and later collected their responses.
In order to increase the number of participants, an open invitation was circulated among
members of online group (Facebook group) to participate in this study. The interested people
were distributed an online survey and were requested to insert their opinions.
In case of Bangladesh: the manager of the project communicatedwith the CEO of ten selected
industries. Out of ten, only four industries agreed to participate in the project. The number of
experts from industry (sample size) for collecting quantitative data was 50 from all over
Bangladesh.
In case of Palestine: The number of experts from industry (sample size) for collecting
quantitative data was 30 from all over Gaza Strip. The six industries (small, medium, and big)
were visited to collect their opinion via separate questionnaire. The lists are as follows:
1. CMWU Coastal MunicipalitiesWater Utility
2. Sata for computers
3. Net stream
4. Signal for Electrical and electronics services
5. Khan younis municipality
6. Wattaniamobile