Backgrounds and Working Conditions of Rajapark Institute Students in the Academic Year 2016

Abstract

           The objectives of this research were to study the backgrounds and working conditions of Ratjapark Institute students in the academic years 2016. 213 students ( 178 bachelor degree and 35 master degree students) for the study were selected by means of stratified   random sampling technique. Questionnaires were used to collect the samples’ data. Descriptive  statistics and c² were used for the data analysis. The results of the study are as follows:

                 Backgrounds of Rajapark Institute students

   53.37% of the bachelor degree students were male with the age of 32 years old on average. 70.79 % of them were singles. 22.47 % of overall students had studied mechanics. 36.52 % of  them graduated from secondary schools. 53.37% of the master degree students were female with the age of 38 years old on average. 57.14 % of them were singles. 34.29 % of overall students had studied business. 34.92 % of them graduated from Rajabhat Universities. Most of the respondents had studied in the fields relevant to the ones they studied in Ratjapark Institute.              

    Working conditions of Ratjapark Institute students

    Present and future jobs. All bachelor degree students have jobs. 46.63 % of overall students are employees. The jobs that more respondents expected to do in the future after their graduation   are entrepreneurs, managers, foremen, engineers, government officers and teachers respectively.  The jobs that less respondents expected to do after their graduation were employees,  mechanics, venders, priests and accountants respectively. All master degree  students have  jobs. 51.43 % of them are teachers. The jobs that more respondents expected to do after their graduation are managers and entrepreneurs respectively. The jobs that less   respondents  expected to do after their graduation are teachers, venders and   employees respectively.  

                  Present and future income. 59.55 %   of the bachelor degree students responding   questionnaires have monthly average income of 15,000-25,000 baht. 60.00 % of the master degree students have monthly average income of 15,000-25,000 baht. Most of the them expect to have more income after their graduation.

   Students’ satisfaction of their present jobs. 52.23 %  of the bachelor degree students and 54.29 % of the master degree students were satisfied with their present jobs at low level. The differences  of their satisfaction were not statistically significant at  ,05 ,

   Students’ reasons to study and work unanimously, The reasons of both the bachelor degree and master degree students to study and work unanimously were alleviation of their families’ financial burden,  chances of further study together with working, they had their own income, they found their channels to get appropriate jobs, they had more chances to meet lots of various people and things so that  they would be able to improve themselves and their jobs. The differences of their reasons were not statistically significant at  ,05 .