Abstract
This research study presents a comparative study between the quarter and the semester systems in the technical institutes, in terms of scheduling, training, and utilizing the training resources such as classrooms/halls capacity and employing the instructors. The size of the study sample was represented by the total number of students in classrooms/halls for the study courses in the quarter system by 8836 students distributed over 363 sections. While in the semester system 10360 students distributed over 358 sections. Thus, a comparison was made based on one training year between the two training systems for basic skills courses. The samples were used to know the effect of class capacity and teaching loads on the training system by making initial comparisons, and statistical tools were used where averages of class capacity and teaching loads were calculated to know the status and trends of the data using the plot box. In addition to descriptive statistics (Two samples F-test for variance) and finally, (t-test: Two samples assuming unequal variance) were selected. The p-value less than 0.05 of single-tailed confirmed that classroom capacity and instructors’ load were higher in the semester system compared to the quarter system.
Highlights
Scheduling in training operations is the process of arranging, monitoring, and managing training resources such as the capacity of classes and halls, and managing the teaching loads of the trainers in a manner that allows them to reach the best desired results
It is clear that the capacities of the classes/laboratories and the teaching loads of the instructor in the semester system are higher than the quarter system
This can be an indicator of the better use of the halls for theoretical training in the long semester system compared to the relatively short quarter system
Summary
Scheduling in training operations is the process of arranging, monitoring, and managing training resources such as the capacity of classes and halls, and managing the teaching loads of the trainers in a manner that allows them to reach the best desired results. The scheduling processes in the academic semester system differ from the quarter system in the elements, features and the inputs of each system differ from the other. These differences were taken into consideration when comparing the two systems in this study. As for the overlap of operations, it is one of the most important elements that aim to reach the maximum levels of resource utilization, while providing the necessary flexibility, as in the semester training system. Once the backward scheduling is completed, the forward scheduling is performed in the order of start times that are obtained in backward scheduling
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