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In-Country Situationers of the Philippine Contributions to the Seafarer’s Global Labor Market
Full text linkGlobal indicators suggest that the demand for seafarers will continue to increase in the succeeding years due to the foreseen expansion of international trades across the different economies of the world. The role of the Philippines being one of the top producing countries of both ratings and officers is salient in addressing this demand in the labor market. In this study, the different in-country situationers relative to the capacity of the Philippines to supply the expected need of seafarers are examined. This study utilized the reports from international organizations; the data generated, and issuances by the Philippine government agencies responsible for regulating and supervising the maritime education and deployment of seafarers in the country. This study establishes that all indicators show that there is an annual decrease in the number of seafarers being produced by the Philippines commencing from the number of individuals who finish a maritime degree to the number of maritime officers who passed the required theoretical examination
Cervical Cancer Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors among Women Employees Working in Star Hotels in Gondar Town, Ethiopia
Full text linkThe purpose of this study was to look into the prevalence of cervical cancer and its risk factors among women working in star rated hotels in Gondar town, Ethiopia. A prospective cross section research was done in Gondar Town from November 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. The study enlisted the participation of 379 women. Using a data extraction form modified from various sources, data were collected from the face-to-face interview of women employees working in star rated hotels in Gondar town. Epi-dataTM Version 4.5 was used to enter the data, and StataTM Version 16 was used to analyze it. The prevalence of cervical cancer and its risk factors were investigated using descriptive and analytical analysis using logistic regression with an adjusted odds ratio of 95 percent CI and a p-value of less than 5 percent. This study included the records of 379 women who work in star rated hotels in Gondar town between November 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. During the study period, the overall prevalence of cervical cancer was determined to be 39.8 percent (137/344) (95 % CI: 34.9-44.8 %). Unable to read and write educational status (OR= 3.78(1.44, 9.87), secondary educational status (OR=2.93(1.03,8.30), monthly income of less than 2500 ETB (OR= 1.88(1.12, 3.13), age at marriage less than 18 years (OR= 1.70(1.03, 2.79), STIs history (OR= 3.46(2.10, 5.70), genital herpes history (OR= 1.89 (1.14, 3.13), and trichomonas were the most associated factors of cervical cancer. The cervical cancer prevalence and associated risk factors in women Employees working in star rated hotels in Gondar town was comparable similar to that reported in other studies. Women with an unable to read and write educational status, secondary educational status, a collage and above educational status, a monthly income of less than 2500 ETB, a marriage age of less than 18 years, a history of STIs, a history of genital herpes, and a history of trichomoniasis vaginalis infections were all associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer
Perceived Effects of COVID-19 Crisis on Budget Consumption of Filipino Families
Full text linkThis study was conducted to determine the effects of the COVID19 crisis on the Budget Consumption of Filipino Families during the Enhanced Community Quarantine in some regions of Luzon, the Philippines, using the descriptive-inferential research methods. 237 Filipino families were the respondents of this study. It determined the families' profile, daily spending, and its test of significant difference before and during the Luzon-Wide Enhanced Community lockdown; the perceived effects of COVID19 Crisis on Budget Consumption; and its test of significant difference. It was revealed that: majority came from Region 5, from a family with 1 or more family members are government employee, student, with only one family member is working with irregular source of income, with an average combined monthly income of less than P10,000, and living together with 4-6 persons at home; the average daily consumption of the respondents before and during COVID19 crisis was within P100.00-P500.00; there was a highly significant difference in the daily spending of Families before and during Luzon-Wide Enhanced Community lockdown; they Moderately Agree that Food consumption expenses; quantity of consumption of goods; income supplements were affected; and realized the importance of savings; they Agree that the COVID19 crisis changed their budget consumption preferences; and Fairly Agree that they incurred loans and borrowings due to the Luzon-Wide Enhanced Community lockdown; there were significant difference on the Perceived Effects of COVID19 Crisis on Budget Consumption of Filipino Families among the regions, source of income and average combined monthly income of the family
The Effect of Organizational Culture and Work Motivation on Teacher Performance in Private Schools in Central Jakarta
Full text linkIn the current era, competition in the business world is growing. It also happens in the world of education, especially private education. This competition causes private educational institutions to survive and move forward. One thing that is the goal of improvement is the problem of the performance of members of the organization. Factors that influence performance include motivation and organizational culture. The aim is to analyze the influence of organizational culture on teachers' work motivation and performance in Central Jakarta private schools. Data collection is done by distributing questionnaires. Collected data were analyzed using path analysis to see the direct and indirect influence of culture on the teachers' performance. From the results of processing data from 100 samples, it was found that culture had a positive influence indirectly through motivation on teachers' performance. Organizational culture also directly affects performance, although the path coefficient is not as significant as work motivation. Likewise, work motivation has a positive effect on the performance of teachers. From these results, it can be said that organizations need to manage organizational culture well so that they have a positive influence on performance so that teacher performance increases
Teacher Effectiveness and Digital Competence of High School Teachers in Shopian District, Jammu and Kashmir
Full text linkEffectiveness of teaching is essential condition, to make learning more meaningful, clear and fruitful to a student. Through the present study an attempt has been made by the investigator to study the Teaching Effectiveness and digital competence of High School Teachers in the Shopian District of Jammu and Kashmir. Two scales were adopted and applied in the study namely (i) Teacher Effectiveness Scale (KTES) developed by the investigator (2021) and (ii) the Digital Competence scale developed by Ramakrishna (2017) for collection of the required data. The sample for the study was 330 (190 Male and 140 Female) High school teachers including contractual teachers. Stratified random sampling technique is used in this study. To make the statistical analysis descriptive method has been used by the investigator in the present study. The study reveals that Teacher Effectiveness of female teachers was found to be significantly higher as compared to the male teachers. Also, Teachers having higher levels of Digital Competence were found to be more effective than those having low levels of Digital Competence
Construction and Validation of an English Grammar Achievement Test (EGAT) for Secondary School Students: An Indian Perspective
Full text linkEnglish language plays a vital role for career, higher education and employment, especially in society like India which has once been under the colonial rule. The need of learning English, therefore, calls for effective teaching strategies to be employed at the school level itself for enhancement of learning. To measure the progress of learners, their learning requires to be evaluated by the teachers. So, a systematic process showcasing the construction and validation of an achievement test in English Grammar was aimed at, to measure accurately, the progress of learning that occurred in the classroom, based on which further changes in teaching learning patterns can be incorporated, to improve the teaching and learning process by the teachers. The reliability of the test was ‘0.7’ with test-retest method and content validity was adopted as it is a grammar acievement test
Online Learning Experience in the Graduate Level: An Exploratory Study
Full text linkThe purpose of this study is to identify perspectives of the graduate students at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines taking Master’s in Public Administration on E-learning during the Coronavirus pandemic so that the E-learning system can be improved and strengthened. This study followed the constructivist learning theory in which learners evaluate and encode Information based on their perceptions and experiences. Descriptive-quantitative is used in this study to describe general or specific behaviors and attributes observed and measured. This study has made used of a researcher’s made survey questionnaire to elicit student respondents’ demographic characteristics and their perceptions on online teaching and learning. The results revealed that respondents occasionally encountered difficulties while courses were conducted online. This order of problems that arise in online learning changes the framework of the crisis caused by the pandemic. Dropping signals during videoconferences are followed by the teacher’s lack of technical skills and their teaching style inappropriately tailored to the online situation. However, they rated a positive impact on the ability to learn and Integrate Information in the framework of solely online learning. Moreover, the respondents concluded that different platforms available for teaching online were useful. Based on these findings, the researchers recommended addressing the technical problems encountered during the online class. Moreover, proper training for teachers must be considered to meet the skills needed in the conduct of the online class
Lived Experiences of Educational Entrepreneurs: Exploring Qualities and their Realities
Full text linkThere is a new breed of teacher who uses their skills and abilities to build and develop programs, services, and products that improve the teaching and learning process. This spawned a new type of entrepreneurship known as educational entrepreneurship, edupreneurship or teacherpreneurship. Edupreneur in the study is as a member of a school organization who engages in outside entrepreneurial activities that is relevant to education, teaching, or learning. Using the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), the researcher conducted interviews and confirmed them through narrative reflection, field notes, and theoretical memos to five participants. The method triangulation was used to ensure validity and achieved data saturation which helped in the interpretation of the essence of the participants’ lived experiences using the Seven-Steps of IPA Data Analysis (Smith, 2009). Based on the experiences of the participants, they exemplify and are characterized as being hands-on which means doing everything and understanding what is going on in their businesses. Being hardworking or putting much effort and keep trying to succeed both in the area of teaching and business. They also exhibited flexibility or the ability to adapt to changes may it be in their teaching career or their business and on how and when things and jobs have to be done. They are empowering as they invest in relationship with people, trusting, valuing, supporting, and communicating with them. Empowering others will lead to people wanting to work and help in achieving the goals of the business. The participants constantly learn and grow as evinced on their additional studies, training, and from their learned experiences and lessons in life. Being creative, innovative, resourceful, problem solvers, positive, and visionaries and who know themselves and their capabilities were also common characteristics of the participants who thrive and beat the odds of their two roles as edupreneurs
Covid-19 Pandemic and the Implications for Needs Listening Teaching Materials
Full text linkCOVID-19 pandemic has caused many new impacts on the listening learning process. This research was conducted to determine the need for listening teaching materials to the conditions after the Covid-19 pandemic. The study was conducted on 120 students who were taking listening courses, using a descriptive quantitative method using the SPSS version 22 application. The researcher conducted a validity and reliability test with the results of the r-count value on all question items above 0.312 and a significant value of 0.554 greater than the value-r table 0.312, so it can be concluded that the instrument is valid and feasible to use. The results of the study show that students nowadays prefer to use digital teaching materials compared to printed teaching materials, especially in listening learning. The form of digital teaching materials that they need the most to support the listening learning process is a digital module. It is felt that it can save time, energy, and costs, make it easier for students to understand the material in the listening learning process because the material is presented in an interesting and not boring way. Students hope that the module is made by combining two or more media.
Comparative Analysis of Export Performance of Indian Cocoa during Pre and Post MIDH Periods
Full text linkA progress of cocoa cultivation was focused on the objective of estimating the growth rate of export quantity and value of Indian cocoa and identifying the trade direction of Indian cocoa. The study was based on the secondary data for 15 years (2006-07 to 2020-21), separated into period I (Pre-MIDH) and period II (Post-MIDH). Compound growth rate used to estimate the export quantity and value, Markov chain analysis for probability changes of cocoa exports to the major markets. The study found that the share of cocoa exports in agricultural exports in terms of value increased from 5.25% in 2011-12 to 10.83% in 2020–21 for the last decade of the study. The growth rate analysis, export quantity and value increased in the both periods. The transition probability matrix showed that Nepal was the most stable importing market for Indian cocoa in a period I, whereas the USA and Turkey were stable importers in period II. The other markets retained a probability share with a low probability and were considered unstable markets. Hence, the study concluded that a robust export policy is responsible for stabilizing the international market, disseminate export-oriented strategies of cocoa beans to farmers, and raise the level of price competition for Indian cocoa abroad. The government sector is responsible for setting Premium cocoa prices, building large-scale processing plants with high production rates and facilities for farmers producers organisations (FPO) to distribute cocoa beans, and luring international buyers by improving the quality of the beans