The Perception and Understanding of Lao Youth on the Republic of Korea Scholarship

Abstract

This study aims to assess Lao youth perceptions and understanding of the Korea Scholarship, as well as to compare personal factors of Lao youth to perceptions and understanding of the Korea Scholarship. Quantitative research approach was used to describe the socio-demographic. 530 questionnaires were collected from education institutes in Luang Prabang, Oudomxay, and Xayaboury provinces between February and March 2021. An independent simple t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson correlation were used in SPSS version 25. This found that most of the respondents were male, their age ranged from 15-18 years, and their education level was between high school and college. The language proficiency has a high percentage in the middle of Thai and English, the perception and understanding level of Lao youth on the Korea Scholarship has a moderate level, and a comparison between the personal factors of Lao youth and the coefficient test between the level of foreign language proficiency and the perception and understanding level of Korea Scholarship found that there was a weak correlation. The foreign language proficiency of Lao youths will also lead to a weak associated perception and understanding level of the Korea Scholarships.