Mary Kulabako

Occupational Skills Requirements: Adult and Community Education Training at Kyambogo University, Uganda Mary Kulabako

The quality of any Training Programme Vis-a-vis skills required of the graduates in the workplace is one of the issue that cannot be avoided by any training institution. this study the training provided by the department of Adult and Community Education at Kyambogo University training adult Educators. A sample of 25 respondents were randomly drawn from three categories of the population of teaching staff, the graduates and the final-year students on the programme for the in-depth interview. Key findings indicated lack of important domains in the delivery of vocational knowledge and skills to learners as recommended in the vocational pedagogical theories. This greatly limits learners ability to effectively perform practical-based tasks at their new jobs. In light of this, practical-based teaching should be adopted by all those in a teaching profession.