Do graduates get a job after graduation? How is the quality of training? Is a certain training programme adjusted to the needs of the labor market? These are important questions for graduates, vocational training institutes, enterprises, as well as for decision makers on the system-level of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). To trace the graduates from TVET institutes by interviewing them once or several times after graduation is an important instrument for planning and adjustment of TVET courses and programmes.

Together with its 11 partner TVET institutions Promotion of TVET, Vietnam is organizing a pilot survey for tracing the graduates of partner TVET institutions. For developing sustainable structures the survey will be implemented on the institutional level using standardized questionnaires, a simple but suitable and efficient data management system as well as available resources from the respective TVET institute.

Supported by international consultants and based on the evaluation of existing survey instruments and experiences the TVET programme has organized different workshops to present, discuss and implement the pilot survey. First results of the survey will be available in early 2010.

• Link to the TracerStudies Tool Kit (Pdf file)