The Federal Technical and Vocational Training Institute (FTVTI) was established in 2011 through Proclamation number 245/2011 by the Council of Ministers. Its primary aim was to produce highly skilled Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) teachers, leaders, and technicians. The driving force behind the establishment of the Federal TVET Institute was the absence of an institution in Ethiopia capable of training competent technical and vocational teachers and leaders based on outcome-based systems and National occupational standards.
FTVTI has remained committed to its vision of producing world-class TVET teachers and leaders. Its mission is to generate competent, innovative, and resourceful TVET educators and leaders through the provision of high-quality long-term and short-term programs. Additionally, the institute is entrusted with the responsibility of conducting cutting-edge technology research with active participation from TVET teachers and industries, ensuring sustainable institutional development, delivering demand-driven community and consultancy services, and fostering continuous collaboration with both domestic and international institutions.
Background of EASTRIP . . .
The East African Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project (EASTRIP) is a regional initiative for skill development, overseen by the World Bank Group. The World Bank has initiated this project to support the efforts of FTVTI in skill development and regional integration. Specifically, EASTRIP aims to enhance the capacity of flagship TVET institutes and expand the pool of qualified skilled labor in burgeoning economic sectors. The project also contributes to broader goals such as poverty reduction and economic growth in participating countries and the
East African region.
EASTRIP promotes regional integration by supporting regional corridors and sector markets, establishing common standards and qualifications, and facilitating the mobility of students, faculty, and graduates. The project aligns with the World Bank’s overarching goals of ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity, as well as the Africa Strategy, which focuses on strengthening competitiveness, employment, and technology transfer. To achieve these objectives, the project has allocated funding for the development and implementation of an institute-specific Strategic Investment Plan (SIP). Drawing from international best practices in TVET institutional reform, this SIP is designed to foster a sustainable cycle of demand-driven TVET program development. Ultimately, the project’s primary goal is to create employment opportunities at both the domestic and regional levels by providing high-
quality skill training, technology transfer, and instilling an entrepreneurial mindset among graduates and enterprises.
EASTRIP in the Context of FTVTI . . .
The Federal Technical and Vocational Training Institute is one of the 16 flagship TVET institutes (RFTI) in the East African region, with a specific focus on becoming a center of excellence in two priority sectors: manufacturing technology (Tool & Die) and leather and leather products. Consequently, the World Bank has allocated a total of $24.85 million over a five-year period, primarily for expanding training infrastructure, increasing student enrollment, and enhancing institutional capacity. To achieve its development objectives, FTVTI, under EASTRIP, has formulated a five-year Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) based on international best practices in TVET institutional reform. This SIP aims to stimulate a sustainable cycle of demand-driven TVET program development and implementation.
It comprises six interconnected subcomponents, including strengthening governance and management, establishing industrial linkages at both the institute and program levels, developing market-relevant and competency-based training programs, enhancing the skills of managers and teachers/trainers, providing essential training equipment and facilities, and offering support to non-project national TVET institutes to maximize the project’s spillover effects.
Additionally, the following specific targets have been set for the five-year project period in manufacturing and leather technologies:
– Enroll 3,189 students in short and long-term training programs, including 418 female students.
– Enroll 127 regional students from East African countries.
– Develop 32 demand-driven training programs (curriculum) in priority sectors.
– Establish Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with 16 industries and nine partner institutions
to collaborate on TVET quality improvement, research, and technology transfer.
– Attach 22 institute teachers to industries to stay updated on new skills, knowledge, and
technologies.
– Exchange 20 institute teachers with other countries to share knowledge and experiences.
– Conduct an annual tracer study.
– Provide key training facilities and equipment, including the construction of workshops,
classrooms, laboratories, dormitories, and the procurement of training machinery, reference books,
IT equipment, and more.
– Develop manuals and guidelines as part of the institutionalization of the regional flagship
institute.
