Gender Aspects in ICT Managers Education at PUEB Czech Republic
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https://doi.org/10.5377/reice.v12i24.20094Keywords:
ICT managers, ICT management studies, gender aspect in ICT education, completion rateAbstract
The ongoing digitalisation of the economy places great emphasis ongreatly emphasizes the number and quality of ICT professionals. In addition, it is very important for master's degree programmes that the investment in individuals' education is effective, i.e., that they complete their studies successfully and enter the workforce after the standard period of study. The ICT sector has long suffered from a lack of women and the female factor in project teams. Does the gender factor play a role in these realities? Therefore, for the purposes of this article, we have selected the following three research questions from our long-term research, and formulate answers to them in this article:
- RQ1: Is the share of women in master's informatics degree programs growing over time?
- RQ2: Do women graduate from master's informatics study programs earlier than men?
- RQ3: Is the completion rate of women higher than that of men?
The source of the data is time series a time series of data on students at the Prague University of Economics and Business (PUEB) for the academic years 2013/2014-2022/2023. On the basis ofBased on the analysis, we can conclude that the proportion of women studying master's degree programmes is increasing over time (from 20 % in AY 2013/2014 to about 33 % in AY 2022/2023), as is the number of successful female graduates. The duration of the Master's degree is approximately 0.1 semester shorter for women than for men, and the completion rate is also higher for women for 8 percent points inby 8 percent points on average during the period 2013-2021.
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