Skills Development: Vocational Education
in the Islamic Countries
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Table 2.3: Sample size (Uganda) for quantitative design and their responses
No Questionnaire
Types
Desired Sample
Size
Collected
Responses
1 TVET Administrators 25 19
2 TVET Teachers 250 211
3 Experts from
Industry
35 26
Apart from the three questionnaires, the following techniqueswere also considered for gaining
deeper insight about the research questions.
 Document analysis: reports, official documents and other similar references from national
and international level were considered to support further to clarify the research problems
of this study.
QualitativeDesign
In order to get much deeper understanding about the problems (research questions), this
studywas designed basing on a separate qualitative analysis.
Interview: Semi-structured interviewswere conducted on the selected participants to achieve
in-depth understanding and to accumulate actual context of skills t raining, poverty eradication
and industrial linkages in selected OIC countries (mainly Bangladesh, Palestine, and Uganda).
Interviewswere carried out on teachers, Heads of the TVET institutions, and other stakeholders
who are directly involved in formulating policies for improving vocational education aiming
poverty alleviation initiatives, skills improvement initiatives, and bridging gap between
industrial practices and vocational education. The managers/researchers of the project
communicated to the targeted administrators for interviews at a place, whichwas convenient to
them. The researchers conducted interviews and recorded via audiotape and laptop.
In case of Bangladesh: 20 administratorswere invited to attend in interviews. Out of them, 14
were accepted to participate in this study. The response rates in Bangladesh were tabulated as
bellow (Table: 2.4)
Table 2.4: Sample size (Bangladesh) for qualitative design and their responses
No Target Type for Interview Desired
Sample Size
Collected
Responses
1 TVET Administrators 20 14
In Case of Palestine: 15 administrators (head of the TVET institutions, representatives from
Industries, and other stakeholders) were invited to attend in interviews. Out of them, 08 were
accepted to participate in this study. The research assistant of the project communicated with
the targeted participants for interviews at a place, whichwas convenient to them. The research
assistant conducted interviews and recorded via audiotape and smartphones. The response
rates in Gaza Strip (Palestine) were tabulated as bellow (Table: 2.5)