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Confronting the Challenges of University Technical Vocational Education and Training in Uganda
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2022-11) Agole, Peter; Bonneventure, Kerre; Ochieng, David; Okaka, Wilson
This paper presents the major institutional, community, national, and regional challenges of promoting effective Technical Vocational Education and Training(TVET) training system in line with the 2030 SDG 4 with a focus on Uganda. Uganda has been faced with several attempts to reform the vocational education system and the country has continued to meet various levels and bases of political social-economic and environmental challenges. The objectives of the paper was to examine the political challenges facing TVET in Uganda; assess the social factors that have affected the prospect of TVET in the country, and establish the major economic factors that have negated the planning of vocational education in Uganda and discuss the common environmental issues that have affected the success planning of vocational education of the country, this paper was informed by policy analysis and systematic literature review with a focus on documents obtained from the Ugandan government and national vocational institutions in the country. More information was obtained from internet sources, new bulletin, e-mail discussion experiential learning and informal discussion with key informants on the subject. Results indicated that enabling political, social, environmental, and economic factors are critical for the productive performance of successful national TVET planning in Uganda. In addition, it is imperative to promote social, economic, environmental, and political commitment at the top level for a prudent inclusive TVET system, curriculum planning envisaged by the SG4. The roles of public-private community partnerships (PPCP) should be well planned, funded, coordinated, motivated, and constantly fully enhanced for effective TVET implementation in
Improving students' skills practice in safety management in educational workshop in tee department of mechanical and production engineering of Kyambogo University
(Kyambogo University (un published work), 2012-10) Agole, Peter
The study set to investigate students skills practice 111 safety management in educational workshop. The study was guided by the following objectives; To identify the safety measures to be used in skills practice at the department of Mechanical and production Engineering, to design precautionary signs for Skills Practice in the department of Mechanical and production Engineering, implement safety measures for skills practice in the department of Mechanical and production Engineering. In the study, a descriptive research design was used, where both qualitative and quantitative research methods were used. The total number of respondents who participated in the study was 30 and these included the Head of Department, lecturers, students, technicians from the Mechanical & Production Engineering Department of Kyambogo University. Data was collected from respondents by use of questionnaires and interview guide as the research instruments. Data was presented and analyzed using tables and then descriptions were done using percentages. From the study findings, respondents enumerated common hazards in the training Workshops of Kyambogo University and they gave the following Physical hazard, Ergonomic hazards, Chemical hazards, Psychological hazards and Biological hazards. The study also revealed that accidents always occur in the department of mechanical and production workshops. The study revealed that the common causes of accidents in the workshop are Lack of knowledge about tools and equipment used, lack of safety gears, carelessness of students, nonuser of safety protective wears, improper storage of materials, lack of proper instructions to follow, use of recommend tools for a particular task, lack of supervision, congestion in the workshop and unawareness of the operations safety hazards. The following were given as strategies to improve on the depmiment workshop, warning signs which should be put in place with clear writings, providing protective gears to students and staff, provision of first aid kits, training have health and occupation safety team to evaluate and assess for improvement, renovation of workshops, warning rags be put on machines and it was concluded that that Kyambogo University lacks a proper and basic safety management practice trainings and therefore measures to improve the proper and basic safety management practice training should be in place.