Propensity towards Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Rural Areas of Pakistan

Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is an important sector of the economy that can help in alleviating poverty and supporting human development in Pakistan. The purpose of this research was to study the factors due to which rural areas of Pakistan have propensity towards the TVET. The objectives of this research are to find out the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the respondents, to investigate the ruralcommunity participation in TVET and its impact upon the living standards along with its participation in rural poverty mitigation. The targeted population was the professionals, lecturers and senior class students (TVET) of rural areas in Pakistan. The data was collected through questionnaires and interviews. The sample size was 2000 and the population was divided into strata. According to situation, stratified random sampling method was used. Data was analyzed through empirical study and SPSS software. Findings show that the propensity toward getting technical-vocational education in Pakistan is due to the satisfaction of its professionals and students regarding changing their living standards by poverty mitigation, job contentment, trainings and courses and skill standard of institutes.