Purpose: Technical education in India contributes a major share to the overall education system and plays a vital role in the social and economic development of the nation. Despite of rapid growth of technical education in last decade in terms of the no. of institutes and intake capacity in India, institutes failed to attract enrollments. Last…

Teacher selection and recruitment system in recent years has become a highly concerned issue for the exam takers of The Selection Examination for Professional Posts in Public Organizations (henceforth KPSS) in Turkey. Ministry of National Education (henceforth MoNE) put into action some important steps for teacher selection and recruitment system.…

Technology Education or Technical Education (TE) is a key driver for the growth and development of a country and is essential input for national development and for strengthening of the industry, economy and ultimately improving the quality of life of the people. Rapid and drastic changes in economic growth are creating higher demands for TE. Most…

This document is a report on the research which was designed to evaluate the affirmative action policy for ethnic minorities in Georgia. The mixed research methods were utilized in the study. Specifically, the following research methods were used: (1) Survey of 12th graders in non-Georgian schools; (2) Survey of the students in the One-Year…

The study examined the perceptions of international students concerning their academic, social, and cultural experiences at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) and suggestions for improvement. Researchers prepared a questionnaire consisting of 24 items seeking information related to students' demographics and their perceptions about quality of…

This study inquires into whether prospective English language teachers consider the central exam, KPSS (The Selection Examination for Professional Posts in Public Organizations) valid to select and recruit English language teachers, and what suggestions they have concerning the improvement of the exam. The findings indicate that the majority of…

Factor analysis was applied to analyze the Noyce Scholarship Program Evaluation Scholar Survey, and then further hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was applied to differentiate the variance due to program effects from individual scholars' effects. This survey was constructed to determine scholars' perception of their individual teacher…

The purpose of this study to see how undergraduate foreign languages students view the teaching profession and how their experiences in life interact and form their perceptions of becoming a FL teacher. Six undergraduate students studying foreign languages at a mid western university participated in a basic qualitative study involving interviews…