Factors Affecting Competency Development of Bachelor of Public Administration Program Students of Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University in the 21st century
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Competency, Students, Public AdministrationAbstract
The objectives of this research were 1) to study the level of competency of students in the Bachelor of Public Administration Program of Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University and 2) to study the factors affecting the competency development of students in the Bachelor of Public Administration Program of Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University to be synthesized as a guideline to develop the competence of students in the Bachelor of Public Administration Program of Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University. This research used a quantitative research methodology. Collecting data used questionnaires. The sample group was 120 second and third-year students.
The results showed that the student's overall level of competency was at a high level. The aspect with the highest level of competence was moral and ethics (mean at 4.27 level and S.D. at 0.51 level). The lowest average competence was English language skills (mean at 3.22 level and S.D. at 0.72 level). Considering the factors influencing the competency development of students in the Bachelor of Public Administration Program, students' achievement motivation, achievement-oriented teaching process, and the average monthly income of those responsible for tuition have a multiplicity relationship with the development of student competence statistically significant at the 0.01 level with a multiple correlation coefficient (R) of 0.79. It can predict the development of student competence of Bachelor of Public Administration Program, Department of Public Administration (R2) or able to explain the truth 62.40 percent with a standard error in forecasting equal to +- .297.
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