ANCHETA, Gia Joyce J.

DE AUSTRIA, Via Samantha B.

MORLA, Mylene M.
OLARTE, Leika Gay S.

Political factors
Changes in skills needed for one to become a tutor or teacher
The expectations to become self financing
Curriculum changes
Many schools are being privatized thus affecting profitability
Government initiatives create risks that a school may not be able to deliver the
policy as expected or, it can be easily diverted away from local relevant
authorities

Economic factors
Cost of resources such as books or papers, teaching and support staff and
technology solutions such as laptops etc
Material shortage on international and national markets
Risk of high valued staff members moving from the low performing
schools/institutions to high performing ones
Parents ability to raise funds needed for optional activities
Local or central government funding decisions that affect schools and
establishment of funds
Closure of a local education industry that can affect fund raising plans
Ability to invest surpluses and savings
Over provision of school locations in the area leading to competition from
neighboring institutions

Social factors
Changes in birth rate
Changes in the local population
Inability for the industry to attract qualified staff
Change of parental preference
Demographic changes
Inability of the staff to acquire or access training that is needed to ensure the
industry continues to flourish.
Emergence of social networks that can be used to fulfill different educational
needs
Integration of disabled students and local community
 Information is easily accessible to students due to availability of internet

Technological factors
Shift from paper based to e-book readers.
Out of date computer hardware
New computer viruses that affect the operations of the industry
Risk of choosing the inappropriate technology
Change to equipment or standards required
Disturbing/illegal images on the internet that affect security measures

Legislative factors
Child protection changes
Raise in the age of those leaving school
Lowering or raise of age starting age
Safety and health legislation
New legislative systems can easily pose noncompliance risks
Change in school opening and closing hours
Changes to financing of charity based organizations

Environmental factors
Use of huge amounts of photocopier toner and paper to deliver printed
information
Disposal of waste
Changes in the local bus routes
Disposal of waste
Reduction of green space available for different school activities