International Journal of Education and Management Studies

Pages: 351-353
Augustine R (Consultant (Centre for Innovation & Agriprenerurship), National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad. Telangana)

Entrepreneurship is a gateway of creativity andinnovation, employment and economic growth, which remains as a key platform for educated and unemployed youths. The combination of entrepreneurship with creativity and innovation is well established and the specific details and relations remain unsolved due to the change in business magnitude and its unsubstantiated models. This paper explores the dimensions of entrepreneurship and its strategies, which remains a strong force in the venture ecosystem.

Pages: 360-370
Bitew Atnaf (Department of Special Needs and Inclusive Education, Bahir Dar University,Ethiopia)

This study focuses on investigation of the general education primary schools in-service teachers’ level of knowledge of inclusive pedagogy (IP) and factors that affect this variable. To achieve the above objectives, the researcher used embedded concurrent mixed methods research design: cross-sectional survey and case study methods. Moreover, knowledge of IP questionnaire (KIPQ), document analysis and interview guides were used to collect the data. To collect the quantitative data, 146 participants were selected through stratified simple random sampling from four purposely selected primary schools which were found in South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia. Additionally eight teachers and two principals were selected purposely from these schools for in-depth interview. The data were also collected from a module used in training of in-service teachers for inclusive education. The result of the study indicated that the study participants had marginal level of knowledge of IP (M = 2.44, SD= 0.85)and neutral attitude towards inclusive education (M= 3.14, SD=1.24). This result mainly attributed to the participants’ inadequate training on knowledge of IP and lack of teaching materials and facilities that foster the development of the IP, lack of familiarity with students with special needs and characteristics. The study result implies that these teachers could not meet diverse students’ needs because of their lack of knowledge IP and unwilling to include and use creativity to meet the students’ needs. This in turn may lead them to use traditional teaching method that marginalizes students with special educational needs. Finally, implications for in-service teachers’ training for quality IP and positive attitude are discussed based on the findings of the study.

Pages: 376-380
Melaku Agmasu (College of social sciences & humanities, department of psychology Injibara University, Injibara, Ethiopia)

Conducive work environment is one of the fundamental elements of work effectiveness. Therefore, the study aimed toexplore the relation among employs job satisfactions and turnover intentions on academic staff employees of Woldia university .Embedded research design were used. A total of 206 (male=187 and female=19) academic staff employees were taken by stratified sampling from the university and the researcher also used semi-structured interview by selecting long experienced participants purposively to cross check the quantitative result by following qualitative approaches . Using pilot tested standardized scales data were collected. After cleaning the data, analysis were conducted using t-test, one way ANOVA along with descriptive statistical techniques. Results of the study disclosed, the workers job satisfaction has statistically negative correlation (r=-.366, p<0.05. According to the results, there is no statistically difference (t (204) = 9.89979,p<0.05) in the reported levels of turnover intention among male and female academic employees. In the study the finding show that there were no statistically significant difference (t (204) =-1.010, p<0.05)in the reported levels of turnover intention between ages of academic employees. Finding disclosed that there is significance difference in the levels of turnover intention by educational levels . Large scale investigation is recommended for the university to give emphasis in designing long term institutional strategies in order to create work stability.

Pages: 387-392
Wondwossen Teka (School of Education &Behavioral Sciences, Woldiya University, Dambi Dollo, Ethiopia)
Dawit Asrat Getahun (Collegeof Education &Behavioral Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia)

The main objective of this study is to assess the effect of using social networking site (Facebook) on the user’s psychosocial wellbeing among preparatory school students. Two hundred sixty six (164 male and 102 female) preparatory school students selected using stratified random sampling technique involved in the study. Five standardized tools (Facebook intensity scale, satisfaction with life scale, depression scale, self-esteem scale and social anxiety scale)were used tocollect data. Data analysis using two way-ANOVA revealed that Facebook user participants had low score in psychosocial wellbeing than their counter parts and female Facebook users were more vulnerable for low psychosocial wellbeing than males. These finding suggest that the government should establish standardized safe Internet use and harm minimization educational program, provide appropriate alternatives, like sport, educational and recreation facilities for adolescents, and researchers should conduct by including more psychosocial variables with better sample size and better study area.

Pages: 400-405
Parvinder Kaur (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science ,PAU, Ludhiana)
Sarita Saini (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science ,PAU, Ludhiana)

The environment experienced or perceived by students and teachers of an institution is termed as the Learning environment of an institution. It helps in making students’ learning more effective and comfortable. The current study was conducted in the rural and urban areas of Moga and Ludhiana district of Punjab.The aim of the present study was to investigate the difference in the perceptions of males and females regarding their learning environment. With respect to the learning environment, adolescent males as compared to females had better perceptions of their ‘learning’ as well as ‘atmosphere’ of the school and student social self-perceptions. Urban males as compared to their rural counterparts exhibited better perceptions of their ‘learning’, ‘teachers’, and ‘atmosphere’, ‘academic’ as well as social self-perceptions

Pages: 411-419
Rashmi Sinha (School Of Agri Business & Rural Management, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa ,Samastipur, Bihar)

Management Education became a buzz word in India during 1990s due to the policies adopted by the Indian government promoting the business and economic environment of the country, thereby increasing the demand for the professional management experts. However, it is losing its relevance lately because of compromises made by the management schools/institutes on multiple fronts, which is further deteriorating the quality of education resulting in thousands of students qualify the course but only a handful of them are accepted by the industry. The Present study through a conceptual research framework tries to highlights the areas which need to be addressed immediately for improving the quality of higher education in management.