Skills Development: Vocational Education
in the Islamic Countries
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7 Higher
unemploy
ment of
female
skilled
workers
18 37.
2
11.
7
23.4 9.6 3.3
1
14.3 23.
8
14.
3
33.3 14.3 2.9
0
8 Language
Barrier
61.4 30.
1
1.7 3 3.8 4.4
2
71.4 23.
8
4.8 0 0 4.6
7
9 It does not
have
adequate
TVET
institutions
N/A N/
A
N/
A
N/A N/A N/
A
33.3 47.
6
4.8 14.3 0 4.0
0
10 Lack of
competent
instructors
in TVET
sectors
N/A N/
A
N/
A
N/A N/A N/
A
28.6 61.
9
4.8 4.8 0 4.1
4
11 Youths’
opinions
have not
been taken
into
considerati
on
N/A N/
A
N/
A
N/A N/A N/
A
9.5 52.
4
9.5 28.6 0 3.4
3
12 Graduates
are not
competent
N/A N/
A
N/
A
N/A N/A N/
A
9.5 28.
6
14.
3
33.3 9.5 2.8
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Table 3.4 shows 59.7% of teachers and 71.4% administrators agreed that Bangladesh has
essential funding for skill training. In this statement, a considerable amount of teachers (26.5%)
with fewer administrators (14.3%) disagreed with this statement. The mean values, X for T
=3.45 and X for A = 3.71, also range within average valuation. Therefore, the statement is
undecided. It needs further analysis to confirm. In item 2, a significant amount of participants
(both 72.5% of teachers and 81% of administrators) agreed that people have negative attitude
towards enrolling to TVET sectors. The mean values, X for T =3.77 and X for A = 3.95, are
considerably high (more than 3.75). Therefore, the statement is accepted. In relation to women
participation in skill training (item 3), 53.5% of teachers and 57.2% of administrators agreed
that due togender inequality, themajority ofwomen have not been trained. But, themean values
are in between 3.5, that is, X for T =3.33 is less than 3.5, but X for A = 3.52, is higher than 3.5. In
this case, the statement is undecided. In the fourth statement, most of the teachers (72.6%) and
administrators (81%) agreed that there is a lack of long termplans (vision) for improving TVET
sectors. In this statement, the mean values, X for T =3.86 and X for A = 4.00, are also quite high
(the statement is accepted). Similarly, in the next item (item 5), most of the teachers (79.1%)
and administrators (90.5%) agreed that vocational education is less popular (it has less social
value), and its mean values, X for T =3.94 and X for A = 4.24, are also high (the statement is
accepted). In item6, similar opinions emerged (77.3%of teachers and 90.5%of administrators)
and therefore, it is accepted that (mean values in both cases are higher than 3.5), there is a
shortage of specialized teachers in the vocational institutes. In case of item 7, although half
(55.2%) of the participated teachers were in favour of the statement, a significant amount of
administrators (61.9%)were not. The mean values, X for T =3.31 and X for A = 2.90, are also low.
Themean value is less than 3.5which implies that, the statement is not accepted. As for language
barrier, almost all participants (both 91.5% of teachers and 95.2% of administrators) agreed