Parental Satisfaction and Involvement in the Provision of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Punjab

Abstract

Parents’ satisfaction and involvement in education have shown encouraging effects on students’ success and achievement. The current study was conducted to distinguish the views of parents about their satisfaction and involvement in the provision of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Punjab and the problems, issues being faced by their children who were the age of 16 to 18 years and enrolled in Vocational Training Institutes (VTIs). Parents are the important stakeholders and they play an important role in the provision of Technical and Vocational Education and Training to their children. The population of the study included all the parents of the students who were enrolled in Vocational training Institutes (VTIs) of Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC) after doing matriculation. Twenty four parents were selected conveniently as a sample from four zones of Punjab. Data were collected through interviews by visiting the respective schools and after taking consent by the head of the school. An in-depth interview schedule was developed for taking responses of parents. Data were analyzed by using the thematic analysis technique. Findings of the study revealed that parents are not much satisfied and involved in the provision of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to their children. On the other hand, the students have to face a lot of problems in VTIs including unavailability of teachers/instructors, obsolete equipment, and lack of resources. After concluding, recommendations were given to authorities of the Punjab Vocational Training Council and Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authorities of Punjab.