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| Vocational Skill Training and Economic Development among Women in Butanda Sub County, Rubanda District
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Moses Ntirandekura
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Abstract:
The study aimed at establishing the relationship between vocational skill training and economic development of women in Butanda Sub County, Rubanda District. The study employed a cross sectional research design supported by a mixed method approach. A sample size of 242 respondents was used to provide data for the study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select women respondents from the groups of women engaged in different vocational activities in Butanda Sub County, Rubanda District. Data collection primarily depended on questionnaires and observation. Data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics with the help of Statistical Package for Social sciences version 22.0. The findings found a significant positive relationship between vocational skill training and economic development of women (.982**). The findings indicated that vocational skill training accounted for 96.4% of the variation in economic development of women in Butanda Sub County, Rubanda District as indicated by the Adjusted R Square value of .964. The findings found that vocational skill training had a positive significant influence on the economic development of women since the Beta Value (.982) was positive and its corresponding Sig. value (.000) is less than 0.05. The study concluded that vocational skill training had a significant positive relationship with economic development of women in Butanda Sub County, Rubanda District. The study recommended that provision of vocational skills to women should be enhanced and they should encourage practical methods in their training in order to enhance knowledge imparting to women so that the training to be fruitful to enhance social economic development. The government should also put more efforts in promoting vocational education of women since they yield more skills for increased establishment of enterprises.
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