Strenghts

1. Support of Niğde University for programs in Niğde Vocational School of Social Sciences
2. Imposing of the schedule in accordance with current affairs
3. Suitable physical conditions
4. Demand for our graduates in the sector resulting from their performance in their field
5. Ease at transportation
6. Binary education
7. Presence of the academic staff with required competence in field
8. Qualified academists in their fields and guest professionalists provide our students with technical and practical skills and prepare them for their careers

Weaknesses
1. Ineffective assignment of inventory stocks and consumable materials
2. Inadequate participation in management
3. Faculty member inadequacy
4. Lack of laboratory equipment and material
5. Lack of resource allocation of university to vocational school
6. Low salary and extra hour payments
7. Lack of practice opportunity
8. Lack of collaboration with industry and trade
9. Lack of foreign language ability of academists
10. Deficiency in infrastructure
11. Lack of foreign language proficiency among students
12. Lack of administrative personnel
13. Lack of corporate managements in the district and not being able to provide training courses
14. Student’s not being paid for training courses

Opportunities
1. Support of the University and Vocational School Administration for all the advances and opportunities
2. Opportunities to improve university-industry relations
3. Effective relationships between vocational school academists and other university staff
4. Adequate experiences and skills of vocational school staff
5. Efforts for new programs that adapt progresses of our era and technology
6. Prudential mission and vision of University Strategic Plan
7. Opportunity for cooperation with local and non governmental organizations
8. High potential of the Vocational School in terms of many other programs

Threats
1. Lack of sufficient knowledge in students enrolled through open admission.
2. Low socio-economic profiles of students
3. Difficulties in updating laboratory equipments due to the resource shortage and technological progress
4. Budget and staff limitations
5. Shortage of vertical transfer quota that will motivate students and quota increase problems
6. Lack of vocational questions in vertical transfer exam, public personnel selection exam and similar exams.
7. Negative effects of unemployment problems on graduates
8. Lack of motivation in students and their concerns for the future
9. Bad image of secretarial jobs and untrained employees of the profession
10. Ignored graduates due to the professional manager shortage in our country