Village and Development

Village and Development

Analyzing the Impact of Technical and Vocational Education on Strengthening the Entrepreneurial Skills of Rural People: A Case Study of Jovein County of Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
H. Sojasi Qidari 1
R. Kalateh Meymari 2
1 Assistant Professor of Geography and Rural Planning, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
2 MA Graduate in Geography and Rural Planning, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
10.30490/rvt.2020.329682.1152
Abstract
In the scientific literature of entrepreneurship, ‘education’ is introduced as a very important tool for increasing entrepreneurial skills. This study aimed at analyzing the impact of technical and vocational training on strengthening the entrepreneurial skills of rural people. For this purpose, a descriptive-analytical methodology was used through document and survey study in the villages of Jovein County of Iran. The statistical population of the study included 100 entrepreneurs who had passed the technical and vocational training courses. Single-sample t-test and regression test were used to analyze the information. The t-test results showed that the technical skills (by a mean of 20/93) were more suitable than other skills; in other words, the respondents were more satisfied with the technical skills in the training courses, which is in line with the missions of the technical and vocational education. The examination results of relationship between the variables showed that there were significant relationships between the duration of training courses, the number of training courses and  the entrepreneurial skills; in other words, increasing the duration and number of training courses would result in enhanced entrepreneurial skills. In addition, the value of the correlation coefficient between the variables (R=0/733) indicated that there was a strong correlation between the set of independent variables and the dependent variable. Therefore, it might be concluded that the technical and vocational trainings were effective in strengthening the technical skills of the rural people interested in participating in these training courses.
Keywords
Technical and Vocational Training
Entrepreneurial Skills
Rural Entrepreneurship
Jovein (County)

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