ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS’ PREFERENCE IN THE HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT ACADEMY AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ACADEMY (HDECOVA DEPARTEMT): THE CASE OF SELAM DAVID ROSCHLI TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL COLLEGE

Abstract

Student’s preference towards their field of studies is one of the key and most important factor for a student which will allow the student to shape and focus in his future life. The purpose of this study is mainly to assess students’ preference towards HDECOVA department which consists of two major departments – Heavy Duty Equipment Academy and Commercial Vehicle Academy in Selam David Roschli Technical and Vocational College Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which the number of students of the HDECOVA department had been decreasing through the years but still the department didn’t know what reasons are that is why this study was needed. This study was done by using a descriptive and simple random sampling method also by applying both qualitative and quantitative approach for attained the objective of the study. According to the study the majority of the students which are (40%) consider taking advice from other people while they selected their departments. Which some of the students went to each department’s teacher and second year students just to understand the department’s and got an advice; rest of the students just selected their current department by comparing departments of they want to join in. The study also shows that if there is a relationship between students’ satisfaction and their parents’ involvement through correlation, which shows that there is a negative relation. Further studies need to be done in all the TVET College of public and private ones.