| Abstract: | This study was conducted with the objective of assessing the practices and challenges of Human
Resource Training and development in Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, The study
adopted the survey research method. The quantitative technique involved a questionnaire survey
on experts, while the qualitative technique involved an interview with middle and top level
manager’s. The sampling techniques employed to collect primary information was census
techniques. According to a total of 90 employees, experts and middle level manager’s as an
actual source of information. The data gathered were analyzed using descriptive survey. Finally
the responses obtained through the questionnaire were coded, tabulated and analyzed. The
findings of the study revealed that ministry has no well-defined and written training and
development policy, the training given to employees is not based on training needs analyses,
objectives and criteria are not set for providing human resource Training and development.
There are practices of using off- the-Job training methods only, scientific training and
development evaluation methods are not practice yet. The main reasons of not having training
and development policy are: lack of concern with regards to it’s importance, lack of relevant
expertise, lack of guidelines and lack of commitment of the top management. Training need
analyses stage is the building block of a training program and it’s a tool used to identify the gap
between the actual performance and the desired performance. Training and development is
given without objective and criteria set beforehand based on the finding applicable
recommendation were also forwarded |
