The Effect of Vocational Training on the Human Development Indexes

The primary aim of this study was to identify the impact of vocational training on human development index in Alborz Province free institutions. The study was quasi- experimental, single-group using pre-test and post-test and population of this study formed on 30 frees vocational Institute with 3,800 students in these schools that have registered in the last course of 1391. According to Morgan’s table of selecting sample, 246 samples (numbers of males and females are equal) were selected by a cluster random sampling technique. The research tool is a researcher-made questionnaire. The reliability of questionnaire was examined using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient test. (0.85). the results showed that vocational training has an impact on reducing unemployment and poverty. It also increases hope to the life and improves enabling and mental health of individuals who have been trained. This study shows that, there is a significant difference between the average impacts of vocational training on components of the human development index with different gender. The results obtained in this study indicate that the vocational trainings have impact on components of the Human Development Index as follows: reduce the unemployment and poverty, increase hope to the life and living conditions, also increase enabling and psychological health. Thus all research hypothesis were approved with 99% confidence level using appropriate statistical significance 0.001 (T-dependent) and analysis of variance.