Factors that influence the quality of graduates of vocational high schools in the field of business and management in Bandung, Indonesia

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Budi Santoso

2016 International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research Vol. 14 Issue 15 Article Cited by 1 SDG 4 Quartile

Abstract

This research is about the quality and competences of vocational high school gruadates in Banding city. The objective of this research is to develop the concept of vocational high school education in Bandung that can foster the enhancement of the competence of graduates which in turn will help to create quality graduates who meet job requirements. The research collected data using ordinal scale questionnaire. Meanwhile, the method the method that was used was the Explanatory Survey Method based on 150 respondents who are teachers, drawn randomly from 30 vocational high schools in institutions that specialize in business and management field in Bandung. City. The research used path analysis technique in analyzing the data. Based on the results of the analysis, the conclusions that can be drawn are (1) leadership of school head has a strong, positive and significant influence on the performance of teachers and management of teaching and learning facilities; (2) leadership of the school head, performance of teachers and management of teaching and learning facilities have positive and significant influence on the teaching and learning process; (3) leadership of school head, teaching performance of teachers and management of teaching and learning facilities, and teaching and learning process have positive and strong influence on the competence of graduates. Recommendations that can be drawn include head of school efforts to enhance the competence of graduates can be augmented by reducing intervention of foundation officials in the policies pursued toward eliciting motivation of students and achieving contents that comply with standard set by the government; and the role of teachers in the learning process can be enhanced by providing teaching media to facilitate the delivery of their lessons to students.

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Pendidikan Manajemen Perkantoran, Faculty of Economics and Business Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia

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