The Factors That Affect To Choose To Study On Vocational Certificate At Samutprakarn College Of Commerce And Technology

Abstract

          This research is a quantitative research. The purpose of this research 1) To study the factors that affected to choose to study on vocational certificate at Samutprakarn College of Commerce and Technology, 2) To studying the importance level of the factors that affected to choose to study on vocational certificate at Samutprakarn College of Commerce and Technology classified by major subjects. The population used in this research was the first year of vocational certificate students at Samutprakarn College of Commerce and Technology, academic year 2019. The amount were 348 people. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire, for data analysis by frequency distribution, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The results of the research were as follows 1) An overview of the level of the factors that affected to choose to study on vocational certificate were at the high level. When considering each item, found that the first order factor was the motivation for continuing education (µ=3.88), the next order was the attitude in vocational education (µ=3.86), and the next order was environmental and the facilities of the school (µ=3.83) respectively. 2) When studying the importance level of the factors affecting the further study choices classified by major subjects by overall, found that the first order was the Tourism Department (µ=4.15), the next order was the Accounting Department (µ=3.93), and the next order was the Business Computer Program (µ=3.88) respectively. Finally, when studying the importance level of the factors affecting the further study choices classified by major subject with side by side of the factors, found that the Tourism Department focuses on all factors at the highest level and in all major subjects, the importance of factors affecting the choice of study in all areas was at a high level.