Survey of Graduates of Technical Institutions, 2008

The National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (NIHERST) is conducting a survey of Trinidad and Tobago nationals who graduated from the technical institutions in engineering and applied technologies during the period 2002 to 2006.

This exercise will assist considerably in determining the socio-economic profile of engineering and applied technology graduates engaged in various activities in the economy. Data on the graduate’s career path, job satisfaction, relationship between education and employment, and the pursuit of higher qualifications will be examined. The information will inform policy planners and decision-makers in the formulation and evaluation of science and technology programmes in the public and private sectors.

A representative sample of 540 graduates in the engineering and applied technologies was selected to participate in the survey.

Written: July 2008