volume 4 issue 2 article 8

The Financial and Non-Financial Benefits of Public Education

Jinyue Yang

The Doctoral School of the University of Szczecin, room 116, Mickiewicza 18, 70-383, Szczecin, Poland

Received: October 20, 2023, Revised: November 24, 2023, Published: December 1, 2023

Abstract

The major objective of this article is to evaluate the benefits of public education in China and Poland by examining primary and secondary data. A quantitative questionnaire was employed as the research methodology to obtain in-depth comparison results. Participants were university students and graduates from China and Poland. The research data was collected via online platforms such as Google e-questionnaire and WeChat e-questionnaire, as well as traditional forms. Statistical tools were utilized for analyzing and evaluating the obtained data. The findings revealed that public education provides both economic and non-economic benefits to not only students but also other stakeholders such as families, relatives, educators, business operators, education investors, as well as the general public as a whole. It is essential for studies to evaluate the benefits of public education given the substantial influence that it has on its stakeholders. The findings additionally indicated that there are variations in the financial and non-financial benefits of public education between the nations studied.

Keywords: Public education, management in the public sector, educational benefit

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.23918/ejmss.V4i2p173

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Yang, J. (2023). The Financial and Non-Financial Benefits of Public Education. Eurasian Journal of Management & Social Sciences, 4(2). doi:10.23918/ejmss.V4i2p173

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