Evaluating the external efficiency of technical and vocational curriculum in the selected fields: The status of male graduates employment

This research aimed at determining the exterior efficiency of technical and vocational curriculum in the selected fields. So, 400 graduates of electro-technic, industrial electronic, commercial accounting and financial accounting of Tehran province were randomly selected using multistage cluster sampling method. The required data were collected using researcher-made questionnaire and interview and then they were analyzed. It was an evaluative study. Findings showed that according to the definitions of the Iranian Center for Statistics, 82 percent of graduates are employed and 18 percent are unemployed. Because of low chance of employment with a diploma, most of technical and vocational graduates prefer to continue their education. About two thirds of the employed graduates have an unrelated job and there is no meaningful relationship between their education and employment. Graduates mostly have jobs related to the areas of sales and services. Most of the jobs are daily-paid, monthly-paid or paid by contracts. They mainly find jobs through the intervention of friends and relatives, or they work in their paternity, family and relatives’ business. Internship and apprenticeship of technical and vocational education are not effective and do not contribute to the employment of graduates. Graduates believe that the main reason of unemployment and the unrelated employment is the lack of job opportunities and lack of adequate and up-to-date training related to the job market needs. It seems that the mentioned curriculum does not have acceptable exterior efficiency in terms of employment, especially related employment and other related issues.