THE STUDY OF NEEDS FOR ADMISSION TO LIFELONG EDUCATION PROGRAM (CREDITS BANK) OF BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN FACULTY OF SCIENCE, KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This research aimed to study the need to for admission in the bachelor's degree of lifelong education program (credits bank), Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, of students in secondary school in the academic year 2024, Northeastern region, by using a questionnaire on the need, no need for admission, or not yet decide, totaling 394 people, to discover the need to study in the bachelor's degree of lifelong education program (credits bank), Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, from both of the students who show interest in the study and from students who were still uncertain about the studying.

The research results found that out of 394 students, there were 140 students, or 35.53 percent, interested in admission to the bachelor's degree of lifelong education program (credits bank), Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University. Mostly because they were confident in the curriculum offered by the university and could be used in transferring courses when continuing their studies in the Bachelor's degree program at Khon Kaen University in the Faculty/ Department of Health Science, Medical Technology, and Public Health. In terms of education management, it was found that the desired curriculum formats were regular curriculum by subject (in Thai language), teaching schedule should be placed during weekdays in office hours, mixed method (online and onsite), and appropriate tuition fees for lecture courses should be approximately 500 - 1,000 baht per credit, while laboratory courses should cost 500 - 1,000 baht or 1,000 - 2,000 baht per credit. The most wanted field of study was Mathematics. The preferred channel for publicizing the curriculum was Facebook, and tuition fees would be supported from parents (father and mother) or relatives.

While the 190 students or 48.22 percent, who were not sure with their needs, found that the students who were not sure to study or had not yet decided to study, the reasons were because they had never known about this course before and traveling to study was inconvenient and expensive.