Open AccessThe impact of information technology on the awareness of parents and high school students to pursue the higher education
Author(s) -
Ani Nur Aeni,
Dadang Kurnia,
Dadan Djuanda
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1318/1/012029
Subject(s) - indonesian , higher education , psychology , school education , information technology , medical education , pedagogy , public relations , mathematics education , political science , medicine , law , philosophy , linguistics
This research was motivated by the importance of uncovering the question of how the impact of information technology on the awareness of parents and high school students to pursue the higher education, because of the education is an important thing that needs to be fought. Every Indonesian citizen has the right to get education until a high level. Now the acquisition of information about the higher education is supported by information technology. People are getting education information easier, but does the information technology have an impact on awareness of parents and high school students to pursue the higher education? The method used in this study is a survey. Data obtained from questionnaires distributed to 482 high school students and parents in several cities in West Java, Indonesia. From this research, it was found that the impact of information technology on awareness of parents and high school students to pursue the higher education: 1) most parents have the desire of their children to pursue the higher education and the level of education that is most chosen is undergraduate 2) the reason most parents choose to pursue their children to tertiary education is to pursue their dreams. Thus it can be concluded that the information technology has an impact on most parents and the high school students on the awareness to pursue the higher education.