Author: Saysana Phanalasy
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.RD-06-02
Year: 2006
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2006
Examination Committee: Soparth Pongquan (Chairperson); Gopal B. Thapa, Kyoko Kusakabe (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: The research dealt with the effects of vocational training on the occupational development in Champasack province in the South of Lao PDR. The main objectives of the research were to examine learning methods of the vocational training and assess their effectiveness to describe the process of occupational generation of trainees after the vocational training to assess the effects of vocational training on the occupational development to examine factors contributing to the operations of business of trainees and identify problems of the business operations and to give recommendations to strengthen the learning methods of the vocational training and suggest the interventions on the occupational development of those trainees. The scope of this study covered two types of vocational training consisting of fish and livestock raising and dress-making. The learning methods of vocational training covered classroom and practical sessions and a study visit. The research was conducted in four groups of business operators and non-business operators of fish and livestock raising and dress-making in Bachiengchalearnsouk district. A standardized questionnaire was employed to collect data from the trainees who operated and did not operate their business after the training, . In addition, field observation, key informants interview, group discussions with the failed business operators and stakeholders (i.e. the Director of the NFEDC, the trainers and the head of village) were also used in data collection. The research focused both on qualitative and quantitative analysis. Main findings of this research showed that the vocational training provided to rural people by the NFEDC was effective for some trainees who had resource base-potentials to set up their own business after the training but ineffective for those who lacked of resources. The vocational training was effective through various kinds of learning methods including classroom and practical sessions and a study visit. Factors associating with the effectiveness of learning
Scholarship Donor(s): Government of Sweden (Sida)
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science
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