There are many contributions of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) on

The study was carried to explore the perception of graduates of mechanical engineering of Technical

This study explores the environmental factors that affect the transfer of training among technical education instructors in Nepal. In the exploration, a scale with 40 items was constructed by utilizing Delphi technique. Then, a survey was carried out on 251 instructors who completed instructional skills-related training. The result of Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) retained 26 items and showed six factors affecting the perceived transfer of training accounting for 58.8% of the total variance explained which are: (i) organizational transfer intervention, (ii) external monitoring and evaluation (M&E), (iii) local school governance, (iv) management support, (v) social support and, (vi) curriculum standard. Further using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), the study confirmed the model-fit of three constructs that affect training transfer: organizational transfer intervention, external M&E, and social support. The study concluded that the training transfer is affected by internal and external environmental factors, which are represented by two major driving forces of support and control.

This study aims to assess whether or not perceived training transfer differs across personal and professional attributes of the instructors of technical vocational education and training (TVET) in Nepal. Gender, marital status and age were assessed under personal attributes and type of institution based on ownership, locale of the institutions and instructors’ experience were assessed within professional attributes. Survey questionnaire was sent online to 251 instructors across the country who had participated in instructional skills-based training in the past three to 15 months and were engaged in technical education as instructors during the time of the study. Data were analyzed using independent samples t-test for demographic variables with two groups, and analysis of variance along with Brown–Forsythe and Welch tests for variables with more than two groups. Statistically significant results were further substantiated using power analysis. The result concluded that perceived training transfer was higher among female instructors, married instructors, privately owned TVET institutions and instructors with five to 10 years of experiences as compared to the new ones.

This paper reflects on my journey from the Nepal to the United Kingdom (UK) as a student initially and then as a National Health Service (NHS) Grampian Abstract