Tracing Institutional Role of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Skills for Socio_x0002_Economic Development of Women in Baluchistan

Abstract

This paper has assessed the tracing institutional role of technical and vocational education and trainings (TVET) for socio-economic development of women in rural and urban areas of Baluchistan. In this descriptive study, a sample of 178 TVET qualified women via three stage stratified sampling technique revealed the role of TVET institutes for socio-economic uplift of women in Baluchistan. The analysis of data reveals that factors like, TVET institutional set-ups, skills qualifications, general education, social/tribal institutes, regions, ethnicity, self-employed status, parents’ education, household head characteristics, and TVET trade selection/preferences play roles in enhancing socio-economic development of women in Baluchistan. However, both the non-supportive social/tribal institutions and weak TVET institutional set-ups for women hinder their socio-economic developments. The findings suggest for investment in establishing TVET institutional set-ups for enhancing human capital formation of women. Moreover, to enhance their levels of living there is a need to align TVET policies with the constraint social/tribal institutional se-ups in rural and urban Baluchistan.