Enhancing the Quality of Engineering Undergraduates through Effective Entrepreneurship Skills

The rate of unemployment in Nigeria is increasing everyday with almost two million young graduates entering into the labour markets every year. This is indeed very worrisome! This paper discussed the issues of unemployment among graduates and the need to create an enabling environment for new start-ups. The study used a descriptive research design of survey type in assessing the impacts of entrepreneurship skills on Nigerian engineering students. Sample size consisted of 132 lecturers selected from (public and private) universities and a polytechnic in Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. Questionnaire on Impact of Entrepreneurial Skills on Engineering Students (QIESES) was used to collect data. Test-retest method was used to determine reliability of the instrument, a coefficient of 0.81 was obtained. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics such as frequency count, mean, standard deviation (SD) and T-test. The study revealed that public and private institution lecturers’ perception has significant effect on the challenges facing the implementation of entrepreneurial education in Nigerian tertiary institutions. It was therefore recommended that tertiary institutions should fulfill its roles as a major catalyst for technological advancement and economic growth. There is need to bring in to teaching, lecturers that are entrepreneurial inclined to develop study programs that enable students’ creativity, initiative thinking and enhances original leadership thinking.

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR REINSERTION, SOCIAL INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

International Journal for Innovation Education and Research ◽

10.31686/ijier.vol7.iss9.1705 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (9) ◽

pp. 47-70

Author(s):

Fabio Biasotto Feitosa ◽

Flávio de São Pedro Filho ◽

Luciana Bezerra Gonçalves ◽

Vanessa Piffer ◽

Lucas Moreira de Souza ◽

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Keyword(s):

Addiction Treatment ◽

Social Innovation ◽

Therapeutic Communities ◽

Economic Activities ◽

Public And Private ◽

Social Reintegration ◽

Entrepreneurial Skills ◽

The Social ◽

Sustainable Income

Entrepreneurship is an effective way of overcoming conjunctural factors; it is also a dignifying solution for all business-oriented people. This study aims to answer the following question: how to enable the social reinsertion of therapeutic communities’ graduates by resorting to the concepts of entrepreneurship? It also aims to investigate the skills of individuals cared for at therapeutic centers and who are in the final stage of drug addiction treatment, attempting to promote their social reintegration, job creation and sustainable income. To achieve this goal, this study’s specific objectives are: (1) present the practical applicability of entrepreneurial concepts as sustainable economic activities; (2) characterize the fundamental aspects for the development of entrepreneurial skills considering contextualized reality drawing on Bloom’s Taxonomy; (3) suggest re-adequacy of social reintegration public policies, considering the concepts of social innovation with sustainability. Here, Case Study Method and procedures such as instrumentalization of an introductory workshop, development of participants’ skills; gathering, analysis and interpretation of data are applied. As a result, thirty graduates from therapeutic communities had the chance to get in touch with the concepts of entrepreneurship as a tool for their social reinsertion. It is expected that this outcome may contribute to the improvement in their quality of life, considering that the study is based on factual reality and that its findings can be reproduced in situations of similar reality. This work is relevant to both public and private entities engaged with social responsibility and sustainability.

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ANALISIS PENGARUH AKREDITASI PROGRAM STUDI TERHADAP INTENSITAS BELAJAR DAN HARAPAN MASA DEPAN (Studi Kasus di Fakultas Sains dan Teknologi UIN Walisongo Semarang)

At-Taqaddum ◽

10.21580/at.v10i2.3028 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 201

Author(s):

Eva Khoirun Nisa

Keyword(s):

Science And Technology ◽

Friedman Test ◽

Test Statistic ◽

Private Institution ◽

Future Expectations ◽

Study Program ◽

Program Accreditation ◽

Study Programs

The quality of a study program is assessed from the results of accreditation. Accreditation is also one of the requirements in applying for a job in a public or private institution. The hope is that the results of university accreditation will be satisfactory when students graduate from the college. With the Friedman test statistic, it can be seen the effect of the study program accreditation in the Faculty of Science and Technology on the learning intensity and future expectations in this study. It turned out that descriptively, the A study program's accreditation motivated students to study diligently and students really hoped to get a job or reputable college for further studies. In contrast, the students from study programs are accredited B, and C have medium and low learning intensity. Their hopes of getting a good job or place of further study are almost ordinary or almost nonexistent.

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A Study on Customer Delight in Banking

Revista Gestão Inovação e Tecnologias ◽

10.47059/revistageintec.v11i2.1770 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 1447-1465

Author(s):

David Winster Praveenraj D

Keyword(s):

Customer Satisfaction ◽

Private Sector ◽

Banking Sector ◽

Technological Advancement ◽

Public And Private ◽

Descriptive Research ◽

Level Of Satisfaction ◽

Customer Delight ◽

Public And Private Sector

The banking industry like other industries have its own competition, uncertainties, new technological advancement and changing market conditions. Customer Satisfaction is one of the key area’s banks have to focus if it wants to be attained long-term success. In this study we have examined the level of satisfaction of the customers towards the services rendered by public and private sector banks. The main aim of the study is to evaluate the determinants of Customer Satisfaction in Banking Sector. For this a descriptive research was carried out to analyse the data collected from 105 customers of both public and private sector banks. The inferences from the results depict the factors that are crucial for enhancing customer satisfaction. Based on the inference’s suggestions are given to help banks improve their service quality.

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Analysis of quality indexes of the provided health services in public and private services of Angola

Journal of Human Growth and Development ◽

10.7322/jhgd.119280 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 228

Author(s):

Maria Teresa Conceição Vicente ◽

Rodrigo Daminello Raimundo ◽

Ligia Ajaime Azalis ◽

Virginia Berlanga Campos Junqueira ◽

Fernando Luiz Affonso Fonseca

Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Health Management ◽

Health Indicators ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Public Hospitals ◽

Public Institution ◽

Bed Occupancy ◽

Private Institution ◽

Public And Private

Introduction: Quality indices are being increasingly used by leaders, managers and health professionals as operational tools to improve processes and reduce costs. Noting that there is a greater tendency of private hospitals operating in the regulatory model for market mechanisms, it is expected that the quality indicators that serve as a reference for monitoring the health management are more critical in public hospitals. Objective: Evaluate the quality of health services provided in public and private service in Angola. Methods: We analyzed 142 patients of a public and a private institutions in Angola in a structured interview on health indicators. The indices were collected according to the process structure components and results. Results: There are 51,453 calls in the public institution, remaining hospitalized a day, an average of 184 patients, with an annual rate of bed occupancy of 90.84%. 50% of respondents praised the services and 22% complained about the quality of services. He was appointed as the main grounds for complaint the slow service (17%). The private institution received 2,222 patients, with an average of 570 patients. The mean hospital stay was 4.5 days. The average monthly rate of bed occupancy was 59.9%. In assessing the degree of satisfaction of care, regular or bad satisfaction obtained a rate of 60% in the private institution. Conclusion: There was no favorable results for quality in health management both in public service and in private.

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PENERAPAN ANALISIS MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING UNTUK MEMETAKAN PERSEPSI STAKEHOLDERS TERHADAP MUTU LULUSAN IAIN PONTIANAK

At-Turats ◽

10.24260/at-turats.v11i2.886 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 97

Author(s):

Sumin Sumin

Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Information Source ◽

Language Ability ◽

External Information ◽

Satisfaction Survey ◽

Community Satisfaction ◽

Private Institution ◽

Descriptive Research ◽

Communication Ability

All society of academicians IAIN Pontianak must supporting vision and mission of IAIN Pontianak for the sake of quality of graduates who have higher competency and international insight one of concrete effort is doing community satisfaction survey towards the quality of graduates of IAIN Pontianak as external information source, next data perceptive analyzed with appropriate statistic tool, one of application tool is Multidimentional Scaling Tests (MDS). This research using descriptive methods (descriptive research) with the intention of making emphirical description Multidimentional Scaling Application (MDS) on stakeholders perceptive to map the quality of garduates of IAIN Pontianak. Population on this research is IAIN stakeholders in Pontianak, that is community which directly connected to graduates of IAIN Pontianak, or private institution or government as graduates of IAIN Pontianak user. Sample of this research using purposive methods sampling 100 respondents. IAIN segmentative of quality variables that has negative perceptive by community is Disciplines ( X9) and Motivates (X11), IAIN segmentative variables that have positive perceptive by stakeholders are Integrity / Ethics variables and Morality ( X1), Professionalism at works (X2), Insight between disciplines (X3), Leadership( X4), Teamworks( X5), Foreign Language Ability (X6), Communication Ability ( X7), Using Information Technology (X8), Honesty (X10), Work Ethics(X12), Innovative and Creativity ( X13), Solving Problems Ability (X14). There is high competition between 3 higher education in Pontianak. Those are: IAIN, Poltekes and Polnep. As spatial IAIN Pontianak closer to UNTAN, it is also means that UNTAN is the strongest competitor of IAIN Pontianak. Key words: MDS, Perceptive Map, Graduates quality, IAIN Pontianak

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INOVASI PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA INDONESIA DARING BERBASIS “MINI WEBINAR”

Jurnal Metamorfosa ◽

10.46244/metamorfosa.v9i1.1283 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Leli Nisfi Setiana ◽

Teguh Supriyatno ◽

Pristiawati Rahayu

Keyword(s):

Online Learning ◽

Language Learning ◽

Research Data ◽

Tertiary Institutions ◽

Descriptive Research ◽

Turn On ◽

Study Programs ◽

Qualitative Descriptive ◽

Student Discussion ◽

Bahasa Indonesia

This study aims to describe the use of mini webinars in Indonesian language learning in tertiary institutions. This study used a qualitative descriptive research design. The subjects of this research were students from several study programs at Sultan Agung Islamic University, while the object of this research was the use of mini webinars. The research data is in the form of student discussion results in the mini webinar presentation. The research sources were Indonesian MKU students from 7 study programs at Unissula. The results of the research, namely learning Indonesian in tertiary institutions by implementing mini webinar based presentations can train students' learning independence, become a source of learning information for students and turn on online learning Indonesian activities. Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan pemanfaatan mini webinar pada pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia di Perguruan Tinggi. Penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa dari beberapa Prodi di Universitas Islam Sultan Agung, sedangkan objek penelitian ini adalah pemanfaatan mini webinar. Data penelitian berupa hasil diskusi mahasiswa pada kegiatan presentasi mini webinar. Sumber penelitian adalah mahasiswa MKU Bahasa Indonesia dari 7 Prodi di Unissula. Adapun hasil penelitian, yaitu pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia di Perguruan Tinggi dengan menerapkan presentasi berbasis mini webinar dapat melatih kemandirian belajar mahasiswa, menjadi sumber informasi belajar bagi mahasiswa dan menghidupkan kegiatan daring pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia. Kata Kunci: Pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia, Daring, Mini Webinar

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POTRET MERDEKA BELAJAR DALAM NOVEL “GURU AINI” KARYA ANDREA HIRATA

Sirok Bastra ◽

10.37671/sb.v8i2.212 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Ni Nyoman Ayu Suciartini

Keyword(s):

Learning Process ◽

Ethics Education ◽

Independent Learning ◽

The Novel ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

Tertiary Institutions ◽

Descriptive Research ◽

Teachers And Students ◽

Qualitative Descriptive

Pendidikan di Indonesia sedang berbenah menuju kualitas pendidikan yang lebih unggul dan berkarakter. Salah satunya diwujudkan dengan adanya terobosan baru bernama merdeka belajar-kampus merdeka yang diluncurkan oleh Kemendikbud, menyasar pendidikan dasar dan menengah hingga perguruan tinggi. Konsep merdeka belajar merupakan konsep yang diyakini dapat memerdekakan dalam artian positif, siswa dan guru sehingga proses pembelajaran dapat berlangsung secara maksimal. Penulis menemukan bahwa konsep merdeka belajar termuat dalam novel Guru Aini karya Andrea Hirata. Masalah pokok dalam penelitian ini adalah bagaimana potret konsep merdeka belajar dalam novel Guru Aini karya Andrea Hirata tahun 2020? Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan potret konsep merdeka belajar dalam novel Guru Aini. Metode yang digunakan adalah penelitian deksripstif kualitatif dengan teori sosiologi sastra sebagai pedoman dalam analisisnya. Hasil penelitian ini menganalisis bahwa di novel Guru Aini memuat potret merdeka belajar seperti adanya proyek kemanusiaan, guru dan peserta didik yang merdeka dan bahagia dalam proses pembelajaran serta adanya nilai moral, etika, pendidikan, agama, sosial yang ditinjau dari konsep sosiologi sastra. Education in Indonesia is tending to a superior quality of education and character. One of them is realized with the existence of a new breakthrough called merdeka-independent campus learning launched by the Ministry of Education and Culture, targeting primary and secondary education to tertiary institutions. The concept of independent learning is a concept that is believed to be able to liberate in a positive sense, students and teachers so that the learning process can take place optimally. The author finds that the concept of freedom of learning is contained in the novel Guru Aini by Andrea Hirata. The main problem in this research is how the portrait of the concept of freedom of learning in the novel "Guru Aini"? The aim is to describe the portrait of the concept of independent learning in the novel "Guru Aini". The method used is qualitative descriptive research method with the theory of literary sociology as a guide in its analysis. The results of this study analyze that in the novel "Guru Aini" contains a portrait of independent learning such as a humanitarian project, teachers and students who are independent and happy in the learning process as well as the existence of moral values, ethics, education, religion, social in terms of the concept of sociological literature.

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EMPLOYERS’ ASSESSMENT OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE GRADUATES FROM NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

Oradea Journal of Business and Economics ◽

10.47535/1991ojbe051 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 52-65

Author(s):

Edith Onowe Odia ◽

Benedicta Okaima Imasuen

Keyword(s):

Work Organization ◽

Management Science ◽

Age Difference ◽

Public And Private ◽

Tertiary Institutions ◽

The Public ◽

Convenience Sampling ◽

Analyse Data ◽

And Training

In view of deteriorating quality of graduates from Nigerian tertiary institutions, this study sought to determine employers’ assessment of management science graduates on key employability skills. The study involves the administration of questionnaires by means of convenience sampling on 680 employers of management science graduates in public and private sectors in Edo/Delta States. T-test and ANOVA were used to analyse data. Notwithstanding the age difference, the result obtained shows that employers rated the graduates of management sciences as slightly ‘fair’. Notably, employers in the private sector rated management graduates higher and more positively than their counterparts in the public sector. Additionally, the employers in the present study described management science graduates as reliable, employable and hardworking. It was recommended that the quality of management science graduates can be improved by placing emphasis on increased funding, infrastructural development, and educator-employer based curriculum which focuses on practical skills, as well as the reactivation of industrial attachment in the Nigerian universities. On the side of the employers, investment in the orientation and training of new entrants into work organization should not be neglected.

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PENERAPAN METODE SCAMPER DALAM MENGEMBANGKAN KEMAMPUAN PEMECAHAN MASALAH DITINJAU DARI MOTIVASI MAHASISWA PENDIDIKAN MATEMATIKA UNIVERSITAS SEMBILANBELAS NOVEMBER KOLAKA

Jurnal Silogisme Kajian Ilmu Matematika dan Pembelajarannya ◽

10.24269/silogisme.v4i2.2072 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 43

Author(s):

Tahir Tahir ◽

Murniati Murniati

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Mathematics Learning ◽

Average Increase ◽

Learning Methods ◽

Problem Solving Skills ◽

Tertiary Institutions ◽

Study Programs ◽

University Level ◽

General Goals ◽

The University

This research is based on learning in tertiary institutions which requires more active, independent and creative learners. of the importance of using appropriate learning methods in mathematics learning at the university level. SCAMPER is a technique that can be used to spark creativity and help overcome challenges that might be encountered in the form of a list of general goals with ideas spurring questions. This research aims to develop students' problem solving skills using the SCAMPER method in terms of student motivation. The population in this study were all semester V students of mathematics education study programs, which were also the research samples. From the analysis of the data it was found that the SCAMPER method was better in developing students' problem solving abilities with an average increase of 0.52 compared to conventional methods with an average increase of 0.45. In addition there is a difference between improving students' problem solving abilities when viewed from their motivation. But there is no interaction between motivational factors and learning methods.

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Assessment Of Dry Eye Symptoms And Quality Of Sleep In Engineering Students During The Covid-19 Pandemic

International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽

10.26452/ijrps.v11ispl1.3593 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽

pp. 1202-1207

Author(s):

Pavithra S ◽

Dheepak Sundar M

Keyword(s):

Sleep Quality ◽

Dry Eye ◽

Screen Time ◽

Engineering Students ◽

Statistical Tests ◽

Quality Of Sleep ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Eye Symptoms ◽

Dry Eye Symptoms

To assess dry eye symptoms (DES) and quality of sleep in engineering students during the Covid19 pandemic lockdown and also to assess the association between DES and sleep quality. A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was carried out among 396 engineering students studying in Saveetha engineering college. The study tool used was a semi-structured google form questionnaire designed for assessing digital device usage, symptoms of dry eye disease and sleep pattern. Responses were analyzed using appropriate statistical tests. Overall 64.1% attained a score of more than 10, indicating the presence of DES. 70.2% of the study population used digital screens for more than 13 hours. A statistically significant association was found between increased screen time and presence of DES(p<0.05). 64.9% had a score of >18 indicating reduced sleep quality. About 77.1% of the students with DES had reduced sleep quality, and a significant association (p<0.01) was observed between the two. During the Covid19 pandemic lockdown, there appears to be rising prevalence of DES in student population, one of the reasons being increased screen time. The sleep quality was also found to be reduced, and a significant association was found between DES and sleep quality.

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