Women in Technical and Vocational Education: A Case Study in Bangladesh

Abstract

In Bangladesh Women/females face a lot of problems in the field of Technical and Vocational Education. These problems can be categorized as classroom environment, institutional context, married female students and teachers problems, industrial training difficulties. Due to this they development in terms of knowledge, skills as well as their attitudes has been held back. Furthermore, due to insufficient knowledge, skills they hold, little has been witnessed as a contribution towards social and economic development of the country. This study is designed to investigate whether classroom environment, institutional context married female students and teachers problems, industrial training difficulties are the major problems faced by women/female in Technical and Vocational Education in Bangladesh. This study employed a quantitative method and a descriptive in nature. A structured questionnaire based on Five point Likert type scale was used as a data collection tool. Samples of this study were students, teachers, and staff fromThese include government and private polytechnic institutes, TTCs and TSCs in Bangladesh. The responses collected, were tabulated,analyzed and interpreted based on non parametric Chi square and Weighted average tests with the help SPSS 25 as software. The findings revealed that majority of the respondents agreed that classroom environment, institutional context married female students and teachers problems, industrial training difficulties are the major problems faced by women/female TVE in Bangladesh. To overcome these problems the study recommended that women/female should be protected, encouraged, motivated and educated so that they will have the privilege of contributing their parts in national and international social and economic development. Similarly Government and non Governmental institutions should fund the activities of

imparting knowledge, skills to women/female in order for them to be productive in the field of TVE. This study is significant not only for Bangladesh but also for developing countries because it stressed the major constraints faced by women/female with possible solutions to address it which will yield social and economic development.