IMPACT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FUND PROGRAMME ON EMPLOYMENT CREATION FOR TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION GRADUATES IN RWANDA: CASE OF MUHANGA AND RUHANGO DISTRICTS, 2016-2019

The study was about the impact of business development fund programme on employment creation for technical and vocational education graduates in Rwanda: case of Muhanga and Ruhango districts, 2016-2019. The specific objectives were to scrutinize the activities of BDF in creating job creation in Ruhango and Muhanga Districts, to identify challenges faced by business development funds as well as youth in creating jobs in Ruhango and Muhanga Districts and to establish the relationship between business development funds and youth employment creation.  The study used interviews, questionnaire, and documentary methods to correct data. The sample size of 94 respondents was through simple random sampling from 1561 youth members. Both descriptive and inferential analysis was used, in addition frequency analysis, a regression model was used to assess the contribution of BDF programmes of jobs creation. The findings were presented after analysis of corrected data. The results   of descriptive analysis showed that surveyed beneficiaries indicates that the majority of beneficiaries appreciated BDF programmes and interventions (financial trainings on employment creation in technical and vocational education graduates, linkage services on financial institutions in employment creation and advisory services on employment creation, extension and sustainability) leading to facilitating jobs creation or employment promotion. The scrutinization of each programme shows that Access to BDA services and Access to BDF linkage services with financial institutions were significantly and positively contributing to employment creation through BDF programmes as shown by their coefficients of 0.946 and 0.697 respectively and confirmed by their standards levels of significance (sig. or p-values less than 5%). 

Key Words: Business development fund, employment creation, technical and vocational education

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2022-11-29 19:15:00 PASCAL L NSANZABANDI
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