Working or Going to College: Self Efficacy, Family’s Social Status, and Vocational High School Students’ Interest in Continuing Education to Higher Education Mayang Nur Sagita Fitri, Tutin Aryanti, Indah Susanti
Departement Architectural Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
*mayangsagita2201[at]gmail.com
Abstract
Abstract - Less than 20% of vocational high school graduates chose to go to the job market, rather than continuing their studies to the university. Preliminary interviews revealed that most students still had not decided yet what to do after completing their vocational school. Many students encounter financial difficulties. As the national government has provided ample financial supports to students from low-income families, financial aspect should not be an issue. This article investigates the influence of students’ self efficacy and their family’s social status on their interest in continuing their study to higher education. Data was withdrawn from an online survey to students of one of the best vocational high schools in Bandung, Indonesia. The quantitative data was analyzed using by program of SPSS version. 25 for windows. This research reveals that 1) self-efficacy has a positive and significant effect on students interest in continuing education to higher education, 2) family’s social status has a positive and significant effect on students interest in continuing education to higher education 3) self-efficacy and family’s social status together contributed to the variable of interest to continue their studies to higher education by 38.7%. The remaining is explained by other variables.
Keywords: Self Efficacy, Family’s Social Status, Interest In Continuing Education To Higher Education
