The purpose of this study is to critically examine the impact of competence based training on employability of technical and vocational college graduates in Ethiopia. Mixed methods of research design, predominantly concurrent nested strategy were employed to conduct the study. The study involved 162 instructors, 123 Level III automotive technology trainees, 87 department heads and 89 graduates, a total of 461 respondents as a sample. Moreover, 24 respondents (6 industry owners, 6 TVET college deans, 6 competence-based process owners and 6 industry trainers’ leaders) were purposely selected for interview and focus group discussion. Under the study, the researcher used employability of graduates as dependent variable and competency based training as independent variable. Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed for data analysis. The study result showed that technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges in Ethiopia have been performing below expectations in developing demand-based curriculum and implementing competence-based training in TVET colleges and industries. As a result, among the graduates nearly 50 percent are not employed in the past two years. Hence, it is recommended that constantly consulting and involving relevant stakeholders in setting study profile, identifying intended learning outcomes and strengthening competence based learning style are vital for graduates to demonstrate employability skill, knowledge and attitude into the job that consequentially lead to graduate employment. First published online: 30 November 2017

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基于能力的培训对埃塞俄比亚技术和职业毕业生的就业能力的影响

这项研究的目的是批判性地研究基于能力的培训对埃塞俄比亚技术和职业大学毕业生的就业能力的影响。研究设计采用混合方法，主要采用并发嵌套策略进行。这项研究包括162名教练，123名三级汽车技术培训生，87名部门负责人和89名毕业生，共有461名受访者作为样本。此外，特意选择了24位受访者（6位行业所有者，6位TVET大学院长，6位基于胜任力的过程所有者和6位行业培训者的领导者）进行访谈和焦点小组讨论。在这项研究中，研究人员将毕业生的就业能力用作因变量，将基于能力的培训用作自变量。描述性和推理性统计用于数据分析。研究结果表明，埃塞俄比亚的技术和职业教育与培训学院在开发基于需求的课程和在职业技术教育与培训学院和行业中实施基于能力的培训方面的表现低于预期。结果，在过去两年中，将近50％的毕业生没有工作。因此，建议毕业生不断咨询并让相关的利益相关者参与，以建立研究档案，确定预期的学习成果并加强基于能力的学习风格，这对于毕业生展示对就业的技能，知识和态度至关重要，从而导致毕业生就业。首次在线发布：2017年11月30日 确定预期的学习成果并增强基于能力的学习方式对于毕业生展示对工作的就业能力，知识和态度至关重要，从而导致毕业生就业。首次在线发布：2017年11月30日 确定预期的学习成果并加强基于能力的学习方式对于毕业生展示对工作的就业能力，知识和态度至关重要，从而导致毕业生就业。首次在线发布：2017年11月30日