TITLE:
Evaluating Education System “INPUTS” as a Key Interaction for Quality: Case of Greece
AUTHORS:
Gerasimos Vlassopoulos, George Albert Karikas, Efstathia Papageorgiou, Ioannis Psaromiligkos, Niki Giannouli, Pigi Vlassopoulou, Petros Karkalousos
KEYWORDS:
Quality of Education, Quality Effects, Professional Training, Teachers, Pupils, Adult Students, Graduates, Vocational High Schools, Schools of Higher Vocational Training, Adult Education
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies,
Vol.12 No.4,
December
26,
2024
ABSTRACT: Vocational education and training is one of the cornerstones of each country’s economy and development. In recent years, vocational education, training and quality have been a matter of priority for education systems as they are the objective of the European strategic framework for education and training. Each educational unit is an open system with inputs, processes and outputs. The study addresses a critical aspect of education: quality assurance in vocational training, with a focus on Greece, a context that has not been extensively explored. It contributes to the ongoing discourse on education quality by evaluating the inputs. Stratified and Cluster sampling was performed for 382 teachers, 594 pupils, 344 adult students and Simple Random sampling for 180 graduates. Results: The study showed that: 34.8% of the teachers were satisfied with the financing of the School by the Municipality (p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p Conclusions: The research examines the interaction between education system inputs in terms of Quality and Career readiness, offering practical insights. Everyone’s concern is to improve the education quality indicators. The participants were quite satisfied with the inputs of the education system. When the indexes were combined with the quality of education, the research groups were satisfied. When the indexes were combined with the career readiness, the research groups were less satisfied. We conclude that the participants’ opinions become stricter when there is a correlation with the quality of education and strictest when personal benefit is involved. All variables affect the quality of education and career readiness of pupils and adult students to practice the profession.