Vocational Education Department Research Articles

Entrepreneurial Skills Required by Metalwork Technology Students for Workforce Sustainability in Technical Colleges in Lagos State

The purpose of this study was to determine the entrepreneurial skills required by metalwork technology students for workforce sustainability in technical colleges in Lagos State. Four research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. A descriptive survey research design was adopted to carry out the study. The population for the study was one hundred and four (104) respondents, comprising 19 metalwork technology students from Lagos State Technical College, Agidingbi. 28 metalwork technology students from Lagos State Technical College, Ikeja; 26 metalwork technology students from Lagos State Technical College, Ikorodu; and 31 metalwork technology students from the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, Lagos. four questionnaires titled, The technical skills required by metal work technology students for workforce sustainability in Technical colleges in Lagos state. “; The marketing skills required by metal work technology students for workforce sustainability in technical colleges, The managerial skills required by metalwork technology students for workforce sustainability in technical colleges The problem-solving skills required by metalwork technology students for workforce sustainability in Nigeria’s technical colleges were developed by the researchers and used for data collection. Three experts validated the instruments: two experts from the Department of Industrial Technical Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and one expert from the Department of Vocational Education, School of Technical Education, Yaba College of Technology. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was found to be 0.86, 0.81, 0.89, and 0.73. Data collected were analyzed using the mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions, while t-test statistics were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study found no significant difference significant difference in the mean response of metalwork technology students and metalwork technology lecturer on the entrepreneurial skills required by metalwork technology students for workforce sustainability in technical colleges.

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Eating Patterns and Daily Dietary Recall of Primary School Pupils: An Empirical Evidence from A School Feeding Scheme

The objective of this study was to experimentally evaluate children's daily food memory and eating habits. The study found that the gender and school location had an impact on the nutritional condition of primary school students as well as the school food scheme. The investigations were based on three hypotheses and three research questions. In this study, the Eating Habits and Daily Dietary Recall Scale was the tool utilized to gather data (EPDDRS). Four experts—three from the department of vocational education and one lecturer in test and measurement evaluation—validated the instrument's face. The dependability indices of EPDDRS were calculated using Cronbach's Alpha. While delivering the instruments, the researcher used the direct administration and retrieval approach. 58 instructors and a sample size of 1240 students were selected using a systematic random selection approach. The obtained data was examined using mean and standard deviation to address the research objectives, and the null hypotheses were tested using t-test statistics and Analysis of variance (ANOVA) at the 0.05 level of significance. The main conclusions of this study were that the school meal program had a favorable impact on the students' nutritional status. Also, a balanced ration of nutrient-dense meals that were suitably varied was supplied for the students via the school food program. Also, the findings revealed a substantial difference in the mean assessments of male and female students about their eating patterns. On the school meal program's dietary recall list, students from high, middle, and low socioeconomic status differ significantly. Recommendations were given to the government, schools, and parents based on the study's findings. The study's shortcomings were discussed, and recommendations for more research were made.

Assessment for acceptance of accounting, marketing and office technology management software applications for instructional delivery among business education lecturers in North-east Nigerian Universities

This study aimed at assessing the acceptance of accounting, marketing and office technology management software applications for instructional delivery among business education lecturers in universities in North-eastern region of Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The study used the constructs of the theory of planned behaviour. The population of the study comprises of 50 business education lecturers in the three universities that offer business education programme which are; Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Modibbo Adama University Yola and University of Maiduguri. The entire population was used for the study. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire. The instrument was validated by two experts from the department of vocational education, Modibbo Adama university, Yola. The reliability test of the instrument was conducted to determine its internal consistency after a pilot study conducted outside the area of the study. A reliability coefficient of 0.78 was obtained. The researcher together with one research assistant administered the instrument to the respondents manually. A total of 50 questionnaires were administered but only 43 were retrieved. The data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and regression statistics. The finding of the study among others revealed that business education lecturers have accepted to use accounting, marketing and OTM software applications for instructions. The study therefore recommended among others that there is need proper utilization of these software applications among the lecturers for effective instructional delivery.

Utilization of Internet Things (IOT) for Implementing Teaching and Learning in Technical Colleges in Enugu State

The purpose of this study was to determine the utilization of internet of things (IoT) for implementing teaching and learning in Technical colleges in Enugu State. Two research questions and hypothesis guided the study. A descriptive survey research design was adopted to carry out the study. The population for the study was one hundred and sixty (160) respondents, comprising 137 students and 23 teachers of both Technical Colleges. Two questionnaires titled level of IoT utilization by teacher for teaching and the level of IoT utilization by students for learning were developed by the researchers and used for data collection. Three experts validated the instruments, two experts from the Department of Industrial Technical Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and one expert from the Department of Vocational Education, School of Technical Education, Yaba College of Technology. The reliability co-efficiency of the instrument was found to be 0.86 and 0.73. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions, while t-test statistics was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study found significant response between male and female on utilization of internet of things (IoT) for implementing teaching and learning in Technical College’s in Enugu State. It was discovered that poor utilization and un updated IoT in technical colleges hinders IoT implementation for teaching and learning in technical colleges in Enugu state, hence, the utilization of IoT for implementing learning and teaching are impeded.

Assessing diet diversification and pupils’ attitudes toward school feeding program

School feeding programs play a crucial role in addressing malnutrition and improving educational outcomes among school-age children. This study covered children’s perceptions of the school-based meal and changes in their diet. The study examined how a state-sponsored school feeding program was influenced by gender and the location of the school. Two research topics and two hypotheses guided the studies. In this study, the Diet Diversifications and Pupil’s Attitudes Scale (DDPAS) was used as a tool to collect data. Face validation of the instrument was performed by four professionals, including a test and measurement assessment lecturer and three from the vocational education department. The reliability indices of DDPAS were calculated using Cronbach’s alpha (α). The instruments were administered through a direct delivery and retrieval method. A total of 1,200 learners and 58 educators were chosen based on a systematic random sampling approach. To achieve the study objectives, descriptive and inferential statistics were deployed in the analysis of the data obtained. The main findings of this study revealed that pupils had a positive attitude toward the feeding program, particularly regarding the taste of the food provided. The findings from this study have implications for policymakers, educators, and nutritionists involved in the design and implementation of school feeding programs. These findings contribute to the growing body of knowledge on school feeding programs and offer practical recommendations for improving their nutritional impact and overall acceptance among pupils.

Influence of WhatsApp Applications Software on Academic Performance of Business Education Students in Federal College of Education Obudu

The study was aimed at examining the influence of WhatsApp applications software on academic performance of Business Education students in Federal College of Education Obudu. Survey research design was adopted for the study. Two research questions and two research hypotheses were raised to guide this study. The populations of 402 business education students were used for the study. A structured questionnaire was developed by the researchers and was validated by two experts from test and measurement department and Department of Vocational Education in University of Calabar. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach alpha reliability technique whose coefficient was .89. The academic performance score was collected from the centers of general studies of the university to measure their performance. Data collected were analyzed using population t-test and one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) to test the hypothesis. The result showed that students’ frequency of the use of WhatsApp platforms among business education students in federal collage of education is high and that WhatsApp platform usage significant influence students’ academic performance negatively. Based on this, it was recommended that students should reduce the use of WhatsApp application in class room environment in order to increase their chances of academic performance in College of Education Obudu, Cross River State.

Psychological well-being and its impact on employee withdrawal behavior An applied study of the opinions of a sample of employees in the Vocational Education Department in Najaf Al-Ashraf

يهدف البحث الحالي الى معرفة طبيعة العلاقة بين الرفاهية النفسية، وسلوك الانسحاب لدى الموظفين اذ تم تطبيق البحث على عينة من الموظفين العاملين في قسم التعليم المهني في النجف الاشرف وتم اختيار عينة عشوائية بسيطة مكونة من (52) موظفا، واعتمد البحث الاستبانة اداة رئيسة لجمع البيانات، يسعى البحث لاختبار علاقة الارتباط والتأثير لبيان العلاقة بين المتغيرات، وتم استخدام عدة اختبارات احصائية لمعالجة البيانات باستخدام البرنامج الاحصائي (SPSS VR.23).
 تكمن أهمية البحث الحالي في محدودية الدراسات التي تناولت العلاقة بين متغيرات (الرفاهية النفسية وسلوك الانسحاب) وكذلك محاولة البحث الحالي دراسة ومعالجة مشكلة واقعية تؤثر بشكل مباشر على الافراد العاملين والمجتمع في قسم التعليم المهني في النجف الاشرف.
 توصل البحث الى استنتاجات معرفية وتطبيقية منها وجود علاقة ارتباط ذات دلالة احصائية بين متغيرات البحث الحالي ووجود تأثير ذو دلالة احصائية بين الرفاهية النفسية وسلوك الانسحاب.

Perception of Undergraduate Students on Availability and Utilization of Interactive White Board on Performance in Biology

The aim of this research is to assess availability and utilization of Interactive White Boards (IWBs) in teaching and learning of Biology among Undergraduate students in Sokoto State. The research is a descriptive survey with a population of 587 and a sample size of 234 100 level students of Science and Vocational Education department who are offering biology courses at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. A self-designed questionnaire tagged „Assessment of the use of Interactive White Board in Teaching and Learning Biology‟ (AIWBTLB) and Biology Performance Test (BTP) were used as instruments for data collection. The instruments were validated by experts and exhibited reliability index of 0.87 and 0.77 using Cronbach alpha and split half method respectively. The data generated was statistically analyzed using descriptive statistics and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Findings revealed that the required IWBs for teaching and learning Biology were not available; and the available IWBs were not adequately utilized. Equally important, a positive relationship was found between IWBs utilization and undergraduate students‟ performance in biology. It was however recommended among others that, government; management of universities should as a matter of urgent importance provide adequate IWBs devices for the teaching and learning of Biology in the universities; and to provide modalities in which students are encouraged to make full use of IWBs in the teaching and learning of Biology.

GRADUATION FROM HIGHER AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOL DOES NOT ALWAYS END WITH EMPLOYMENT

In the article - "Graduation from higher and vocational school does not always end with employment" – it is discussed the problem of youth unemployment and the reason for this is the incompatibility of the higher and vocational education system in Georgia with the requirements of the labor market. Youth is dominant among the unemployed population of Georgia. They graduate from vocational schools or colleges but do not work according to their professions, it is proved by labor market research, as well as by 2017 survey of the Department of Vocational Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, in their conclusion part it was mentioned 56.2 graduates in employment. The authors of the article mention the demand-labor imbalance in the labor market as the first reason for youth unemployment, and one of the reasons for the lack of knowledge and skills, in the market among young people is the lack of state funding for education. With such small resources, higher and vocational schools find it difficult to hire highly qualified professional teachers, which obviously reduces the quality of teaching. Due to low funding, vocational and higher education institutions (especially in the private sector) make savings mainly on wages. An hourly salary of 5-10 GEL is considered as normal with them. Only the low-qualified teachers come to such payment. The authors consider that almost half of the graduates are unemployed precisely because of their low level of knowledge. The authors consider the test method of knowledge control as the second reason and believes that this method makes it impossible to assess the depth of knowledge of the student. The article ends with a summarizing conclusion. Key words: Employment; Youth unemployment; High education; Vocational education; Labor Market; Demand-supply in the labor market.

Perception of Undergraduate Students on Availability and Utilization of Interactive White Board on Performance In Biology

The aim of this research is to assess availability and utilization of Interactive White Boards (IWBs) in teaching and learning of Biology among Undergraduate students in Sokoto State. The research is a descriptive survey with a population of 587 and a sample size of 234 100 level students of Science and Vocational Education department who are offering biology courses at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. A self-designed questionnaire tagged ‘Assessment of the use of Interactive White Board in Teaching and Learning Biology’ (AIWBTLB) and Biology Performance Test (BTP) were used as instruments for data collection. The instruments were validated by experts and exhibited reliability index of 0.87 and 0.79 using Cronbach alpha and split half method respectively. The data generated was statistically analyzed using descriptive statistics and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Findings revealed that the required IWBs for teaching and learning Biology were not available; and the available IWBs were not adequately utilized. Equally important, a positive relationship was found between IWBs utilization and undergraduate students’ performance in biology. It was however recommended among others that, government; management of universities should as a matter of urgent importance provide adequate IWBs devices for the teaching and learning of Biology in the universities; and to provide modalities in which students are encouraged to make full use of IWBs in the teaching and learning of Biology.

Basic Physics Learning Process in Electrical Engineering Vocational Education Program Using Ispring Presenter Interactive Powerpoints to Improve Student Understanding

The Department of Vocational Education in Electrical Engineering (JPVTE) is one of the departments based in the Faculty of FKIP UNTIRTA. The physics course at JPVTE is a fundamental concept that must be understood by the first half of students Because students' understanding of physics is still lacking, especially in the idea of mechanics. The research objectives are (1) to Facilitate lecturers in the learning process in the classroom and (2) to improve student understanding in understanding the concepts of mechanics in physics learning. The research method used was descriptive qualitative. The techniques of data collection were observation, tests, and interviews. The analysis technique used is to Determine the percentage of conceptual understanding with a percentage description. The Obtained results are (1) Using the Interactive PowerPoint Point Presenter is very easy for physics lecturers to explain and provide basic concepts of understanding mechanics in interacting with students. (2) Interactive Powerpoint iSpring Presenter can improve students' knowledge in understanding the concept of mechanics included in the high category Because The learning is interactive and fun.

Edutainment Teaching Technique and Students’ Skills Performance in Building Drawing in Technical Colleges in Akwa Ibom State

The study was on edutainment technique and students’ skills performance in building drawing in Technical Colleges in Akwa Ibom State. The study sought to find the effect of edutainment technique and demonstration method on students’ performance in building drawing. Three research questions and null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A quasi-experimental design was adopted for the study. The population used for the study was three hundred and eighty (380) senior technical college II students in all the seven (7) public Technical Colleges in Akwa Ibom State. The sample comprised one hundred and ten (110) students drawn from two (2) intact classes. A 30-item multiple-choice performance test called Performance Test on Building Drawing (PTBD) was developed to determine performance level of the control and experimental groups and building drawing lesson plan for the treatment of the experimental group. The instrument was validated by three experts. Two from the Department of Vocational Education, one from Test and Measurement Unit of the Department of Educational Foundations. Cronbach alpha reliability was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument. The instrument yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.86. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer research questions while analysis of covariance was used to test the null hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The results showed that students taught using edutainment technique have higher mean scores than those taught with demonstration method. It also showed that the mean score of male students was slightly higher than that of female students in the experimental group. The post-test analysis on Building Drawing Performance Test (PTBD) was in favour of the experimental group. However, there was no significant difference between males and females on building drawing performance test as a result upon treatment. Based on these results, it was recommended among others that edutainment technique should be adopted by building drawing teachers in teaching building drawing in Technical Colleges in Akwa Ibom State to solve the problem of poor performance of students.

“I Feel it’s my Duty tо Say the Following…”: Letters to the Main Department of Vocational Education about the Situation in the Kuban Polytechnic Institute in the Beginning of the 1920's

“I Feel it’s my Duty tо Say the Following…”: Letters to the Main Department of Vocational Education about the Situation in the Kuban Polytechnic Institute in the Beginning of the 1920's

Relevance of Civil Engineering Vocational Education Graduates’ Competence with Productive Skill Teacher Competency

This study aims to analyze the relevance of the competence of Civil Engineering vocational Education Department graduates with the competence of productive skill teachers in vocational schools. Competencies analyzed in this studywere pedagogic competence and professional competence. This study was descriptive quantitative then converted and summed up into qualitative form. The subjects of this study were 24 respondents from the alumni of Civil Engineering Vocational Education Department, UNNES class of 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. Data collection was conducted using questionnaires and documentation. The data were analyzed using descriptive percentage. The result of the studywas the relevance level of pedagogic competence and professional competence of the graduatesof the Civil Engineering Vocational Education Department that has become productive skill teachers. The relevance percentage of the curriculum of Civil Engineering Vocational Education Department with the curriculum of Civil EngineeringEducation program at the vocational schools was 84.88%. It showed that curriculum structure of the curriculum of Civil Engineering Vocational Education Departmenthad slight irrelevance withthat of Civil EngineeringEducation program.A curriculum structurewas not relevant. The relevance percentage of the pedagogic competence of the Civil Engineering Vocational Education Department with the curriculum of Civil EngineeringEducation program at the vocational schoolswas 86, 50%. This percentage meant that the curriculum at Civil Engineering Vocational Education Departmenthas not been all relevant to those demanded in the curriculum of Civil EngineeringEducation program at the vocational school. However, the pedagogic competence of Civil Engineering Vocational Education Department’graduates can be categorized as very relevant. The percentage of professional competence showed88.81%, which meant that for professional competence of Civil Engineering Vocational Education Department’ graduates can be categorized as very relevant.

EUROPEAN VALUES AS LANDMARKS FOR UKRAINIAN STUDENTS

ORSHANSKYI Leonid – Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Technological and Vocational Education Department, Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, Ivan Franko str., 24, Drohobych, 82100, Ukraine (orshanski@i.ua)ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9197-2953ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-2108-2018KOTYK Iryna – PhD of Pedagogical Sciences, associate professor of the Technological and Vocational Education Department, Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, Ivan Franko str., 24, Drohobych, 82100, Ukraine (kotyk16@i.ua)ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4490-4998ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-6220-2018DOI: https://doi.org/10.24919/2313-2094.6/38.119524To cite this article: Orshanskyi, L., Kotyk, I. (2018). European values as landmarks for Ukrainian students. Liudynoznavchi studii. Seriia «Pedahohika» – Human Studies. Series of «Pedagogy», 6/38, 255–266. doi: 10.24919/2313-2094.6/38.119524 [in English].Article historyReceived: 4 October 2017Received in revised form: 1 December 2017Accepted: 15 February 2018Available online: 5 April 2018 Abstract. Today, our country has made its civilized choice, which has become a strategic reference point for the aspirations of most Ukrainians – integration into the European Union. Historical experience shows that the strength ofEurope depends on the inviolability of the basic European values that have a united potential, because their unity is the value basis for European nations, regardless of cultural traditions and national identity. Therefore, in the context of understanding that the student youth is as an important social resource ofUkraine, the problem how to form a set of values inherent to Europeans in particular, is the most topical from a prognostic point of view.Based on the analysis of the results of empirical and sociological research, we have identified the dynamics and peculiarities of the influence of various political, social and economic factors on the formation of European values in the student youth, taking into account the transformations taking place in the life of modern Ukraine – the country, which has chosen the European integration vector of development.The results of the study indicate that the consciousness of Ukrainian students is often dominated by the values of personal well-being (health, success, prosperity, happy family, etc.) and paternalistic direction (high-quality free education and medicine, sufficient pensions, social benefits, job security, economic stability, etc.). At the same time, modern students support the implementation of democratic principles and wish to be part of the process of building a European democracy inUkraine. True European values and worldview are recognized as a lofty ideal to follow, a necessary condition for the effective functioning of a democratic society.The study confirmed that most students strongly support the integration ofUkraineinto the European Union (over 76 %). Therefore, there are all the preconditions that the current students will soon become the main driving force behind the reforms and the implementation of the principles and values shared by the European community – Ukrainian «ambassadors» of its kind in all the spheres of European social, economic and political life. Declaration of Conflicting Interests. The author declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.Acknowledgments. Sincere thanks to pedagogical staff at Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, in particular Lilia Ovcharenko, for her linguistic assistance.Funding. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Funding from Union of Designers of Ukranie permitted this research completion.

The instructional media development of welding practice course based on PjBL model: enhancing student engagement and student competences

This paper aims to describe the quality of the instructional media based on project-based learning model at welding practice course. The research method used was research and development. The subjects were lecturers and students of Mechanical Engineering Program of Vocational Education Department. The results of research and development were: 1) the validity of the instructional media was categorised as valid by expert judgments; 2) the practicality of instructional media, syllabus and lecture unit for lecturers were practical and very helpful as a guidance in the implementation of project-based learning model, and the students responded that the learning module were practical and very useful to use as a guidance and a source of learning of project-based learning model; 3) the effectiveness of instructional media was effective in enhancing student engagement and student competencies.

The utilisation experience of the enhanced electronic signature when managing orders

Major universities with a number of branches, located throughout the country, have joined Plekhanov Russian University of Economics and there was a problem of operational coordination of managerial decision-making, coordination of command and control of their implementation. The problem needed to be solved very quickly as many orders have to be issued in a short period. It was necessary to develop and introduce the electronic document flow system to provide coordination of the projects’ orders on the number of students at the university branches on higher education programmes, postgraduate and vocational secondary education, and ensuring legal validity of the electronic documents. Cryptography techniques, encryption standard (National State Standard, Russian Federation legislation), university’s corporate network, electronic document flow system “DELO”, enhanced electronic signature services such as Crypto Pro CSP, CARMA and EDSIGN. Electronic approval technology between the head University and its branches with the use of the enhanced unqualified electronic signature was suggested. Two ways of exchanging documents were developed and implemented in order to make the scheme work: 1) Sending documents via the corporate e-mail, using National State Standard encryption. 2) Document exchange via “DELO”, electronic document flow system. The first stage has provided the document exchange, using the enciphered information with the enhanced electronic signature. At the same time, the problem of creating secure data channels between the remote university branches was solved. During the second stage, when the branches were introduced into the university’s corporate network through the secure data channels, they also gained access to the “DELO”, electronic document flow system. From the end of December 2014 up to November 2016, around 3000 orders, concerning the students were entered into the system. This method was applied not only at the branches, but also at Moscow university grounds. It is used in a slightly modified way in the vocational education department, is now being implemented in Moscow colleges. The use of the enhanced unqualified electronic signature and encryption methods has allowed to organise an efficient legal way of documents’ exchange between the head University and its numerous branches. The developed technology has solved the problem of meeting deadlines to issue the orders, concerning the students and had a certain economical effect, saving mail, transport and travel expenses.

SKILL IMPROVEMENT NEEDS OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE TEACHERS IN FISHPOND CONSTRUCTION AND STOCKING OF FINGERLINGS AS A SUPPORT BUSINESS IN EASTERN KOGI STATE, NIGERIA

The purpose of this study was to determine the Skill Improvement Needs of Agricultural Science Teachers in Pond Construction and Stocking of Fingerlings as a Support Business in Eastern Kogi State, Nigeria. The study had two specific objectives, two research questions and tested two hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Literature was reviewed in line with the variables under study. The study adopted survey design. The population of the study was 235 from which 85 was taken through purposive sampling technique. A 26 item researcher - made questionnaire was used for data collection. It was face validated by two experts from Agricultural Education Unit of Vocational Education Department and one expert of Measurement and Evaluation. A reliability co-efficient of 0.89 was obtained using Cronbach alpha technique. The data obtained were coded and manipulated using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while the two hypotheses were tested using independence t-test at 0.05 level of significance and 83 degrees of freedom. The findings revealed that there was no significant difference in the mean rating of male and female agricultural science teachers on their skill improvement needs in all the skills identified in the study. Based on the findings it was recommended that the identified skills should be package into a retraining programme to enable secondary school teachers to have a support business. Article visualizations:

Qualifications frameworks: implementation and impact in Botswana

According to Young and Allais (2009), a growing number of countries are introducing qualification frameworks (QFs) following a common definition of outcomes, level descriptors, and a set of occupational or knowledge fields. Botswana has been no exception to this trend. The passing of the Vocational Training Act (1998) led to the creation of the Botswana National Vocational Qualifications Framework (BNVQF). Prior to that, there had been no QF. It is noteworthy that even to date, there is no inclusive national qualifications framework (NQF) in place. The BNVQF is best conceptualized as a sectoral QF on account of its sole focus on vocational education and training (VET). It stands on its own without any links to general and higher education. The present study, the first of its kind to reflect on the three phases of the QF (introduction, capacity building and implementation), investigates the progress of the QF to date. This is accomplished by critically examining evidence, thereby establishing the extent to which aspirations and claims have been met. The Government of Botswana has had a policy on VET and training since independence. The Department of Vocational Education and Training (DVET), within the Ministry of Education, played a coordinating role without any framework to guide it. Training providers and industry did not have any binding relationship, and training was largely institution-based. The creation of the BNVQF arose from a belief by the Government that there was a mismatch between acquired skills and needs dictated by economic circumstances. The present study, therefore, aims in part to establish the extent to which the new QF is capable of addressing the perceived need. The research conducted in the Botswana scenario had two aims in mind, the first one being to capture the structure of the new BNVQF as reflected in documentary evidence and from observation. The second was to critically examine the sustainability of the framework by looking at the initiation, capacity building, implementation and evaluation stages. Evaluation of the QF will encapsulate both positive and negative evidence of its impact. Discussion will reflect what is typical and distinctive about the BNVQF.