Impact of informal technical training on enterprising behaviour among Youth: case of garage and welding workshops in Moshi municipality

Abstract

This study attempted to examine the impact of Informal Technical Training on Enterprising Behaviour among Youth in Garage and Welding Workshops in Moshi Municipality. The need to offer more and better training at all levels, to a growing number of people, particularly in developing countries and, the scant success of current formal training systems to meet all such demands, has shown to a growing number of researchers the urgent need to provide alternatives that escape from the formal standards, in order to solve these problems. The study comprised of three objectives and hypotheses. A survey research design was employed along with stratified random sampling procedure for selecting the participants. An interview schedule was employed as a major means of data collection. The instrument was structured in the modified Likert fashion, on a 4 – point scale. The data collected from the field were analysed using SPSS version 23. Findings indicated that, Sex of a person is a critical decisive factor on whether or not to engage in garage/welding undertakings. It was further found that, informal technical trainings significantly contribute to knowledge transfer, income generation and self-employment among youth in Moshi Municipality.