Private Educational Institutions Research Articles

I INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE “DOCTORS AND NURSING – MEDICAL FRONT IN UKRAINE AND THE WORLD”

On May 11–12, 2023, the I International Scientific Practical Conference “Doctors and Nursing – Medical Front in Ukraine and the World” took place in Lutsk, Ukraine. The conference was dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Shevchenko Scientific Society (SSS).
 The conference was organized by the Municipal Institution of Higher Education Volyn Medical Institute of Volyn Region Council, in collaboration with Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, I.Y. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Vilnius University (Lithuania), Higher Private Educational Institution Lviv Medical University, the Shevchenko Scientific Society, and Health Tech Without Borders (Switzerland, USA). The conference was held with the support of the State Institution “Center for Nursing Development of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine”. Partners in conference organization also included Volyn Orthodox Theological Academy, Maastricht University (the Netherlands), Volyn Region Emergency Medical Center and Disaster Medicine Municipal Enterprise, German-Ukrainian Association of Nurses, NeanderklinikHarzwald (Germany), “Myloserdia” Association of Volyn Nurses PO and Lviv Association of Allergists, Immunologists, and Rehabilitologists Charitable Organization.
 During the course of the event, a total of over 100 speeches were delivered by medical scientists and practicing physicians, as well as researchers in diverse disciplines from Ukraine, the United States, Great Britain, Poland, Lithuania, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. Workshops were conducted on relevant issues in medical practice in times of war.
 A total of approximately 1100 individuals participated in the conference, comprising physicians from diverse disciplines and nurses, emergency medical professionals and disaster medicine specialists, scientific and pedagogical personnel, employees of the State Emergency Service, physical rehabilitation specialists, psychologists, representatives of the clergy and public organizations, and young scientists.
 A new interdisciplinary format of scientific dialogue has been started between representatives of medical and nursing specialities, the education sector, psychologists, and clergy. It helps find ways to address relevant issues in the medical sector in complex conditions of the present day.

Depression Scale in Students in Two Schools in Risaralda, Colombia

BACKGROUND: Depressive episodes encompass a spectrum of affective disorders that distinguish themselves by the number and severity of symptoms, yet ultimately converge into a common conceptualization. Within a depressive episode, the primary characteristic is a diminished mood, accompanied by reduced energy and the inability to derive pleasure from activities that were once of interest. Depression also extends its reach to the pediatric population, constituting a distinct clinical entity with comparable features to adult depression. In children, it manifests with mood disturbances that interfere with their cognition and behavior, often marked by prolonged subjective feelings of sadness. This demographic, however, exhibits a unique vulnerability to masking the symptoms of depressive disorders or episodes, owing to the challenge minors face in recognizing their own emotional experiences and expressing them verbally. Globally, mood disorders have a prevalence ranging from 0.5% to 3%. The prevalence of depression among children aged 6 to 12 is estimated at 2.8%, rising to 4% to 8% among preadolescents and adolescents. Among teenagers, the prevalence is higher in females, with a 2:1 ratio. In Colombia, it is estimated that 54% of children aged 8 to 14 exhibit depressive symptomatology. This demographic is particularly prone to concealing depressive disorder symptoms, underscoring the necessity of describing the frequency of depressive symptomatology in children across different social conditions and delineating risk factors associated with depression manifestation in this age group. METHODS: An observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional study was conducted, involving the administration of the Children's Depression Scale and the collection of sociodemographic data (age and gender) from a population of 167 schoolchildren aged 8 to 14 (5th to 7th grade), hailing from both public and private educational institutions in the Risaralda department. It is important to note that, although the instrument has not been validated in Colombia, it has undergone validation in Mexico. STATA 14.0 was employed for data analysis. RESULTS: Findings indicated a higher participation of students from private schools and a greater incidence of depressive indices in girls as opposed to boys, particularly in the sixth and seventh grades, regardless of the educational institution. CONCLUSION: It is concluded that the sociodemographic factor most closely associated with the development of depressive symptomatology in children, girls, and preadolescents, as measured by the Children's Depression Scale, is female sex. The sub-scales miscellaneous depressive, guilt, and preoccupation with sickness and death were statistically significant with respect to sex. Furthermore, age and grade displayed a directly proportional relationship with the total Depressive score, while the type of school did not exhibit statistical significance in depressive symptomatology.

Stress during the covid-19 pandemic: unusual challenges for university professors

Objective: Investigate the factors related to the stress levels triggered during the COVID-19 pandemic and the quality of life (QOL) of university professors. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with 318 professors from private and public higher education institutions in Maranhão, Brazil. Data collection included a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Brazilian versions of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the Abbreviated World Health OrganizationQOL Assessment Instrument (WHOQOL-bref). Statistical analyses were performed with Student’s T-test and Analysis of Variance with Duncan’s post-hoc. Results: according to the results of the professor score assessment, perceived stress levels were classified as normal (n = 166, 52.2%), moderate (n = 126, 39.6%), and high (n = 26, 8, 2%), with an average of 26.6 (± 10.5). QOL had an overall average of 56.4 (± 13.0). Among the QOL domains, the physical had the highest mean with 66.1 (± 17.7), while the lowest mean was in the social domain with 55.8 (± 14.8). Conclusion: The factors that influenced the stress levels were being female with age between 31 and 40years old, those who had a child, and those who did not perform a frequent religious practice.

Single national curriculum: promise of inclusion, global citizenship education and the empirical reality

ABSTRACT The present study investigated the integration of inclusion and global citizenship education in the Single National Curriculum (SNC). SNC is the latest reform in the education sector in Pakistan, planned to apply a single and modern curriculum in order to bridge the gap between public and private educational institutions, to provide quality and equity in education, and to reduce social inequalities through education. SNC is aligned with the goals and targets of Sustainable Development Goals-4 and Agenda 2030, which prominently aims at inclusion and global citizenship education. The present study found that teaching inclusion and global citizenship education is inadequate, limited and lacks rigour in SNC. Textbooks wrongly teach inclusion as people with unique needs and women are not presented as equal and representation of religious minorities is very low. Environmental and moral global citizenship are more focused areas of global citizenship while others are neglected. SNC frequently inculcates patriotism and Muslim brotherhood in the curriculum, which is in conflict with the cosmopolitan values of global citizenship. Generally, the curriculum has frequently focused on the knowledge level instead of skill development among students. However, mainly skills can enable students to play an active role in society, which is highly commendable for both constructs.

Socio-Economic Factors and Engagement Work in Teachers of Educational Institutions, State and Private

Objective: The objective of this research was to determine the relationship between sociodemographic factors and engagement in teachers of public and private institutions in the city of Juliaca, 2021. Methodology: The approach was quantitative with a cross-sectional correlational design, the sample consisted of 104 teachers from public and private educational institutions. A sociodemographic form was used for data collection, as well as the UWES-17. Results and conclusions: Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data processing through the SPSS statistical package. It is concluded that the sociodemographic factors are not related to engagement, except for the age factor, in which a chi-square value of 15.966 was obtained with a p-value of 0.043 which is less than the proposed significance (p<0.05), therefore, it is affirmed that there is a relationship between the factor and engagement in teachers of public and private institutions in the city of Juliaca, 2021. Implications of the research: In the other factors such as gender, marital status, labor condition, labor regime, length of service, academic training, average remuneration the p value obtained was greater than 0.05 so it is affirmed that there is no relationship between these and engagement in teachers. Originality/value: This article contributes to analyze the socioeconomic factors and work engagement in teachers from different schools in Puno, and it also shows the different relationships with the dimensions of the study.

Voices of IB Learners: Social Justice Education in the EFL Classroom – Opening Doors to a More Communicative Approach

This research article describes a qualitative study conducted with 14 high school seniors currently enrolled in the International Baccalaureate Diploma program at a private educational institution in Cuenca, Ecuador. This article aims to explore the impact of social justice issue-based education on the development of oral communication in the English as a foreign language classroom. As part of the process, it was essential to analyze the participants’ perceptions and experiences as integral components of language learning. The data obtained was collected in two phases. First, a questionnaire composed of six questions was applied to explore the students’ perceptions of the issue in question. In the second phase, a discussion was held with the intervention of a focus group including five students, which allowed them to openly share their points of view on the subject of this exploration. In this way, it was evident that the topics related to social justice had a positive impact on the development of the student’s oral communication and that they constituted a useful learning approach for students to increase their knowledge of English. The results achieved through the present study aim to improve English-language teaching at different levels, and consequently strengthen oral communication development in class.

Research on the Effectiveness of Traditional Education Service Provider Entering New Market on Brand Group

Starting in July 2021, a far-reaching event occurred in the education industry: the Double Reduction Policy (DRP) was fully implemented in China. This policy has a great impact on the vast majority of families with children, as well as on the operation of public schools and private education institutions. In this paper, New Oriental Education & Technology Group (New Oriental) was used as a case study to conduct SWOT research and analyze the long-term impact of this behavior on its brand image (BI) and brand loyalty (BL) after the group entered the live-commerce domain under the DRP. Through the detailed investigation of the case, it was proven that the strategic decision of entering the live-commerce business can bring financial advantages to New Oriental in the short term, but it had a negative impact on its BI and BL in the long term. Through reviewing the literature and analyzing this specific case, this paper believed that entering a new business field, especially when selling products or services at lower prices, will have a negative impact on the BI and then affect the BL.

ISLAMIC PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR INCREASING GLOBAL COMPETENCE

The existence of Islamic private high schools (SMA) founded on foundations is constantly threatened by both public schools and the advancement of globalization currents. With such a big problem, private educational institutions must try to discover ways to survive and adapt accordingly in order to continue to exist. The method for reacting to these issues for private schools is unique, and it should be explored thoroughly so that it can serve as a model for other educational institutions. The study used qualitative methods and focused on five foundation-based Islamic private high schools in Demak, Central Java. Data is collected by observation, interviews, and documentation studies. Data analysis using interactive models, including data reduction, data submission, and conclusions. According to the study's findings, (1) foundation-based Islamic private schools (SMA) employ a variety of strategies, including traditional strategies, modern strategies, and comprehensive student networks, such as free transportation and recruitment of outstanding students (academic, non-academic, and cultural arts achievements). (2) Demak private schools use marketing mix methods such as superior pricing, diverse products, market focus, long-term promotional activities, and online school programs.

Exploring the factors that influence the positive mindset of selected educators

This study attempted to ascertain a specific aspect of Philippine educators’ mental health which is positive mindset. 198 educators volunteered to be the respondents of this study through convenience sampling. The respondents were from both private and public educational institutions and handled various academic levels which included kindergarten, elementary, high school, senior high and college. The Positive Mindset Index (PMI), which measures motivation, optimism, emotional stability, happiness, confidence, and control, was administered on the respondents. The findings revealed that the respondents were happy, confident, in control, stable, motivated and optimistic. However, when grouped according to marital status, the married respondents had significantly higher PMI scores than the single respondents. Significant low positive relationships between the respondents’ PMI scores and their age and years of teaching were also established. When grouped according to educational attainment, the analysis of variance indicated a significant difference in the respondents’ PMI scores.

Factors Affecting Teachers Retention in a Non-Graded Private Educational Institution: Input to an Enhanced Retention Strategies

This study provides an analysis of teacher retention at a non-graded private educational institution in Quezon City, utilizing data from exit survey forms to departing teachers over the last three school years, starting from AY 2020-2021 to 2022-2023. The study focuses on the perceptions of departing employees regarding various factors that could influence teacher retention, grounded in Frederick Herzberg's Hygiene and Motivation factors. These identified factors hold the potential to assist the school in retaining proficient teachers by crafting a comprehensive rewards program, enhancing overall satisfaction levels, and deterring them from seeking employment elsewhere. The research methodology involves a descriptive study employing baseline data and the results of an exit survey instrument completed by seventy-two teachers who left during the past three academic years. The findings indicate that more than half of the turnover was due to voluntary resignations (56%), while (44)% were a result of management-initiated separations. Teachers' decisions to leave were generally driven by the accumulation of a number of factors. Among those who resigned, the primary reasons cited were the pursuit of better opportunities, improved work conditions, and higher compensation. Departing teachers generally expressed satisfaction with both motivation and hygiene factors, underscoring the need to make improvements in areas related to professional growth and development, as well as compensation and benefits. The findings suggest that a teacher's decision to stay is contingent on individual motivation, and the institution may consider designing a tailored retention strategy that integrates these insights into the five components of a total rewards program.

The Effect of Appointment of Government Employees with Work Agreements on Teachers' Commitment

Organizational commitment is a form of employee loyalty in working in an organization. Recently, the phenomenon of turnover among private teachers has occurred frequently, especially after the government made a policy of hiring civil servants with work agreements. This study aims to examine the effect of job satisfaction and work motivation on organizational commitment in private schools in Bantul district. Through a quantitative approach, data collection was carried out by distributing questionnaires to teachers, then analyzed using multiple linear regression. The results show that; 1). there is a significant effect of job satisfaction on organizational commitment of 57.2%; 2). there is an effect of work motivation on organizational commitment of 26.2%; and 3). there is a simultaneous effect of job satisfaction and work motivation on organizational commitment of 71.9%. The suggestion from this study is that school principals need to maintain the commitment of teachers, especially those working in private educational institutions by increasing the job satisfaction factor.

Teknolojinin Eğitimle Entegrasyonu Sürecinde İnsan Kaynakları Eğitimi ve Kurumsal Üniversitelerin Gelişiminin İncelenmesi

With the increasing technological developments and the place and importance of Internet use in business life, the importance of Internet-based services is also increasing greatly. In the coming years, with the increasing importance of education, quite significant changes will be observed. Especially in the process of modernization and technological progress, the need for education will increase in order to train a sufficient number of human resources to ensure the realization of changes in the economic, political and cultural fields. The coat of arms of the qualified human resource deficit will increase the demand for education from all fields. In this process, private sector organizations, public institutions, local governments, etc. they will plan and implement educational programs appropriate to their needs within their own structures by entering into cooperation with private educational institutions, universities and specialists of the subject. With the development and widespread use of computers, communication technologies and the Internet, people will be offered the opportunity to develop their skills by receiving trainings that are suitable for their individual needs in more flexible programs. The need for education and learning of today's employee and the importance of meeting the need for the organization requires that this work should not be left only to the efforts of employees. In other words, it should be aimed that employees acquire lifelong learning habits with the learning environments that institutions will prepare. Because developing their employees in the best possible way, providing their education has started to become one of the most important responsibilities of today's managers. Dec. In this context, education is closely related to learning. Education includes learning. Education is about learning to do something and doing what needs to be done differently. From birth, a person is influenced by the lean environment in which he is located and the people in this environment. Whether it is systematic or beautiful, these effects are perceived and learned by the person within the framework of data and information from the environment. Key Words: Education, Technology, Human Resources, Integration, Corporate Universities

Health Professional Education Alarming Crisis Knocking Our Doors

The education of health professionals was creeping before multiparty political system in 1990 and substantially changed after this political event in Nepal. Free market economy opens the avenue of privatization of different sector of business and education sector only was not an exception. Several transformative developments have happened in education sector but all of them were donor driven that is becoming unfortunate for the country. In the period from 1990 to 2015 so many policy reformations occur for the implementation of free market economic concept that foster mushrooming of private educational institutions especially in class 12 level (we denote it as plus two in Nepal) followed by flooding affiliations of different universities for private colleges and they are likely to have a long-term effect on education system including health-professional education (HPE). The quality of HPE imparted directly affects the people’s health and it is thus very important to focus our attention towards it. But there was critical imbalance between the education and business. Moreover, the curricula of HPE of many universities is outdated and the topic stays within the confines of the four walls of the classroom and has no relevance in their daily lives although these are matters of routine healthcare.

Mengukur Kualitas Dialogis 13 Website PTN-BH Melalui Penerapan Dialogic Communication

Public relations as the communication management between organization and its public has entered a new chapter with new challenges at this time. The development of information and communication technology encourages public relations to be able to take advantage of various new media in carrying out its strategic communications. Website as a product of new media is often used as a formal information medium for an organization. Not only SOE or the private sector, educational institutions or universities have also used website as a medium of their formal information and communication. The capabilities of websites 1.0 to 4.0, which continue to grow to this day, allow companies and their public to communicate in two directions, or dialogical. This study aims to determine the dialogic quality of the PTN-BH website through dialogic communication theory.

MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP STYLE: A CATALYST TO ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTH

The study explores the management leadership stylers as a catalyst to organizational strength and perspectives among private and public Higher Education Institutions (HEI). Mixed method is utilized in the study which focuses on quantitative measures to measure the extent of management leadership style as a catalyst to organizational strength and perspectives among the respondents while qualitative is used to evaluate how the management leadership style serves as a catalyst to organizational strength and perspectives among the respondents. Likewise, convenience sampling is utilized in the selection of the sample size. The study comprised One Hundred Twenty Five (125) respondents only. Results show that leadership is concerned on the well-being of the members of team in the organization, consider as high standard and expect members of the team to do the same, show that everyone believes they can work for the best in the team and involves in the decision making, show that leader is best in bringing people, and show that leaders have the capacity to take responsibility and a role leaders when needed that can be counted to adopt to new environment and flexibility.

Financial and Managerial Problems Experienced in the Private Education Sector During the Crisis Process in Turkey

The study delves into the challenges facing the private education sector in Turkey due to the economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualitative research methods, including content analysis, were employed. Data was gathered through semi-structured interviews with seven founders and seven managers from private educational institutions. In Turkey, private schools enroll 1,468,198 students, accounting for 20.2% of all educational institutions, with students representing 8.8% of the total student population. The private education sector employs 174,750 teachers. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the complete or partial closure of private schools in Turkey. These schools typically rely on parental contributions to cover costs, but parents faced financial difficulties, leading to crises in the sector. Despite attempts to shift to distance education, parents were dissatisfied. Unpaid fees caused financial turmoil, leading to teacher layoffs and staff reductions. Private schools in Turkey are seeking government support, understanding from parents, tax deductions, and changes in legislation to alleviate the financial burden and navigate the ongoing crisis.

Teacher Hiring Processes in Private Educational Institutions: Methods, Qualifications, and Challenges

This research aims to comprehensively analyze the teacher recruitment process in private education institutions. The study utilizes a qualitative case study method, and data was gathered through semi-structured interviews with five administrators from boutique schools and five administrators from chain schools. The findings of the interviews revealed three main themes: "Methods for Teacher Hiring," "Desired Teacher Qualifications," and "Challenges." Interviews and course practices emerged as the primary methods for evaluating the personal and professional qualifications of potential teachers. Private school administrators emphasized the significance of personal, professional, and organizational qualifications in their recruitment processes. The research identified several difficulties faced during the teacher recruitment process, including teacher shortages, issues with loyalty, salary concerns, limited options, a lack of transparency, and teacher transfers. This information suggests that private school administrators may need to address these challenges to attract and retain qualified teachers effectively. To improve the recruitment of highly qualified teachers, it is recommended that private school administrators diversify their human resource management methods. Additionally, they should establish legal specifications for private school establishments, prioritizing educational goals over financial concerns. Collaboration between relevant institutions, such as the Council of Higher Education and the Ministry of National Education, is necessary for planning university teacher training quotas and open appointment processes, taking into account the needs of private schools.

Investigating job Burnout determinants influencing teaching employees in private educational institutions

Job Burnout among the teaching employees in private educational institutions has become a big issue in today’s scenario. Job stress, job satisfaction, hectic time schedule, work life balance, organization commitment factors are becoming more prevalent among employee’s decision to burnout the present job or the company. Educational institutions are not having focused strategies to retaining the employees as they are in the process of having turnover intention which lead to burnout. Investigating the relationships between job burnout, job stress, work engagement, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment among faculty members at private educational institutions in India is the main objective of this study. The present study conducted through primary data by preparing the suitable questionnaire and collected the responses from 171 teaching employees of different private educational institutions in India. This study analysed the data by different tools and techniques like average, mean, correlation and regression. The findings revealed a significant association between burnout and workplace stress, as well as between job satisfaction, work engagement, and job stress. Burnout and job satisfaction were found to be significantly associated. The results demonstrate the importance of these factors in connection to job commitment and burnout. The implication of the study focuses on management must devote a lot of efforts in assessing their physical and mental working conditions in order to give services with the highest level of quality in education institutes.

Investigating the Relationship of User Acceptance to the Characteristics and Performance of an Educational Software in Byzantine Music

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of educational software characteristics on software performance through the mediating role of user acceptance. Our approach allows for a deeper understanding of the factors that contribute to the effectiveness of educational software by bridging the fields of educational technology, psychology, and human–computer interaction, offering a holistic perspective on software adoption and performance. This study is based on a sample collected from public and private education institutes in Northern Greece and on data obtained from 236 users. The statistical method employed is structural equation models (SEMs), via SPSS—AMOS estimation. The findings of this study suggest that user acceptance and performance appraisal are exceptionally interrelated in regard to educational applications. The study argues that user acceptance is positively related to the performance of educational software and constitutes the nested epicenter mediating construct in the educational software characteristics. Additional findings, such as computer-familiar users and users from the field of choral music, are positively related to the performance of the educational software. Our conclusions help in understanding the psychological and behavioral aspects of technology adoption in the educational setting. Findings are discussed in terms of their practical usefulness in education and further research.

Satisfaction with life among public and private university students in Sabah, Malaysia: A modification scale using factor analysis

This research intended to develop a valid and reliable instrument of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) to measure satisfaction with life (SWL) constructs among public and private university students in Sabah, Malaysia, through the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) procedure. The pilot study obtained a sample of 108 students from public and private education institutions in Sabah, Malaysia, through an online survey using a self-administered questionnaire. The researchers performed the EFA procedure on SWL construct using IBM SPSS 25. The Bartletts' Test of Sphericity is highly significant (Sig. = .000). Furthermore, the sampling adequacy by Kaiser‒Meyer‒Olkin (KMO = 0.839) is excellent. Using the extraction method of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) with Varimax Rotation, a component of the SWL construct is extracted with an eigenvalue of 3.101. The variance explained for this component is 62.030%. The construct of SWL has Cronbach's alpha value of .817. The development scale and validation confirmed that the instrument is consistent and stable with both private and public college and university student samples. It adds a remarkable contribution to the measurement of SWLS, mainly in the context of higher education institution students. The EFA outcomes formed a configuration that extracts a component of SWL, which can be measured by the original five items established in this research. This research reveals that the SWL construct is applicable in this study.