Development of a Welfare and Dropout Prevention system for Vocational Innovation Scholarship Students at Chiang Mai Vocational College

Abstract

The advanced vocational innovation scholarship project anticipates to promote, support, and assist underprivileged who lack funds or are disadvantaged to receive education and develop their knowledge and skills based on their aptitude. The focus also includes strengthening and developing the quality and efficiency of teachers, and also developing advanced vocational innovation scholarship students to be outstanding performers of Chiang Mai Vocational College. Therefore, the college has developed a care and welfare system and a dropout prevention system for this group of students through the model namely “care and welfare system and a dropout prevention system for Chiang Mai Vocational College scholarship students” as a framework for the care and welfare system and a dropout prevention system for advanced vocational innovation scholarship students. The model consists of 6 components with the details as follows. Component 1: Collaboration network, consists of 1) college, 2) students, 3) parents, 4) community, 5) committees, 6) psychologist and external agencies such as hospitals, police stations, and public health, especially providing mental health services, which is a major problem of at-risk students. Component 2Plans/Projects consists of a variety of plans, projects, and activities for student development. Successful educational institutions provide activities helping develop life skills and career skills, such as volunteer activities, teaching financial management skills, saving, accounting of income and expenses, activities to earn income during study, and developing social skills. These activities help students by providing necessary life skills to become self-reliant. Element 3: Supporting factors: consist of 3 components, i.e., 1) effective student tracking and evaluation systems through TVET and LPS systems to track individual student data, 2) intensive student screening processes, and 3) quality dormitory management. Element 4: operational procedures and processes for caring for students’ well-being and preventing dropouts consists of 4 steps, i.e., 1) Planning (Plan), 2) Implementing the plan (Do), 3) Checking (Check), and 4) Reporting results for improvement (Action). Additionally, 7 principles involve: STEP 1: Analyzing the context, STEP 2: Determining guidelines, STEP 3: Creating an outstanding team, STEP 4: Emphasizing participation, STEP 5: Following up, STEP 6: Implementing for development, and STEP 7: Congratulating. Component 5: Outcomes consists of 1) smart college, 2) smart teacher, and 3) smart student. Finally, Component 6: Supporting factors for success include 1) excellent activities 2) participation networks 3) TVET system and VCare system and 4) one-page report.