The status of vocational training education among hill country youths: a study with special reference to 2018 advanced level students in Lunugala divisional secretariat

Abstract

Tertiary education is the determinate of Political, Economic stability and social progress of society in the world today. The main objective of this study that to find out about the status of vocational training and education among youth of the Lunugala Divisional Secretariat. Here, in order to achieve this identifying factors that influence the demand of vocational education in research area, find out the motivational factors induce the vocational training and education, identifying the challenges of Lunugala area youth to get vocational education and put forward the suggestion to achieve the good education are the sub objective of this study. Here, 122 advanced level students of lunugala area those who fail to pass the AL examination in 2018 are taken as a sample size to collect the primary data by providing questionnaire. This data analysis using STATA and MS Excel software. This research has taken interest as dependent variable and income, the position of the family, status and member of the family are as independent variable to identifying the factor that influence the demand for vocational education by using logistic method and arithmetic mean method used to find out the motivational factors induce the vocational training and education. The research of this study were positive relationship between dependent variable and independent variable except amount of family members and to give the vocational training and education to students reduce unemployment in this research area. Put forward as a suggestion of this research are given awareness of vocational training and education among the students and request the government to establish the vocational training and education centers.