THE STUDY OF OPINIONS TOWARDS CHOOSING TO ADMISSION TO STUDY AT THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SUAN SUNANDHA RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY

Wipavadee  Wongputtilert; Adisai  Thovicha; Thanat  Krobthong

Wipavadee Wongputtilert Faculty of Science and Technology, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand
Adisai Thovicha Faculty of Science and Technology, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand
Thanat Krobthong Faculty of Science and Technology, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand

Abstract

This research aimed to examine the opinions of interested upper secondary students on and relationship between influential factors on the decision to pursue Bachelor’s degree at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University (SSRU). The sample included 220 students who were studying in the upper secondary level. The authors chose them from those participating in Open House SSRU 2018. The questionnaire was used in data collection, while the statistics and analytical approach used in this research were the descriptive and inferential statistics, mean, percentage, standard deviation and Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient.
According to research results, upper secondary students’ overall opinions on the decision to pursue Bachelor’s degree at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University are found at a high level. Each aspect is also examined indicating the highest level of opinions on the image of the Faculty of Science and Technology, public relations as well as curriculum and instruction, respectively. Meanwhile, those with a high level of opinions were personal reasons, individual capabilities and background, respectively.
Regarding the relationship between influential factors on the decision to pursue Bachelor’s degree, there was a relationship at a statistical significance level of 0.05 among the image of the Faculty of Science and Technology, public relations, curriculum and instruction personal reasons, individual capabilities and background. In particular, the strongest relationship between curriculum and public relations was found, followed by relationship between following factors: capabilities and reasons, capabilities and background, image and curriculum as well as relationship between public relations, reasons and image, respectively.