# Hurdles on the Way to Sustainable Development in the Education Sector of China
## 5 Discussion  
Researchers can fill in the gaps and better comprehend the motivations behind the study's ideas by comparing and contrasting them with the literature [40,44,53,62] thanks to the discussion of research findings, which enables them to look at the study's issues and  
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\begin{tabular}{l c c c c c} \hline \hline  & **Challenges** & **Estimate** &
\begin{tabular}{c} **C.R** \\ **(\(t\) Value)** \\ \end{tabular} & **Significance Level** & **Decision** \\ \hline Sustain\_ & \(<\)— & Employee Competency & 0.227 & 2.780 & 0.05 & Accepted \\ Sustain\_ & \(<\)— & Employee Motivation & 0.139 & 2.933 & 0.05 & Accepted \\ Sustain\_ & \(<\)— & Training programs & 0.112 & 3.148 & 0.005 & Accepted \\ Sustain\_ & \(<\)— & Green Practices & 0.013 & 1.267 & 0.100 & Not Accepted \\ Sustain\_ & \(<\)— & Financial aspect & 0.202 & 3.867 & 0.001 & Accepted \\ Sustain\_ & \(<\)— & Management commitment & 0.245 & 2.978 & 0.05 & Accepted \\ Sustain\_ & \(<\)— & Ineffectiveness of green products & 0.026 & 1.1301 & 0.100 & Not Accepted \\ Sustain\_ & \(<\)— & Govt. rules and regulations & 0.266 & 3.018 & 0.001 & Accepted \\ Sustain\_ & \(<\)— & Prices of green items & 0.020 & 1.480 & 0.100 & Not Accepted \\ Sustain\_ & \(<\)— & Unavailability of Green Products & 0.286 & 2.529 & 0.05 & Accepted \\ Sustain\_ & \(<\)— & Supplier Capacity & 0.467 & 5.193 & 0.001 & Accepted \\ Sustain\_ & \(<\)— & Third Party pressure & 0.478 & 5.636 & 0.001 & Accepted \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 4: Hypothesis test results.  
Figure 2: Path Coefficients of SEM.  
concerns from a variety of angles. Employee competency, employee motivation, training programs, financial aspect, management commitment, government rules and regulations, unavailability of green products, supplier capacity, and third party pressure all have a positive and significant relationship with public procurement sustainability [73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78]. On the other hand, green practices, ineffectiveness of green products, and prices of green items have an insignificant relationship with sustainability public procurement [79; 80].  
By implementing green policies, public universities should take the lead in promoting sustainable development [73]. The curriculum for a course should contain a sustainable procurement module. Students should receive sustainability education as well because they will be the future leaders and key participants in the circular economy. All such policies that contribute to sustainability should be followed by management [76; 77]. The top management should be seriously committed to sustainability and should support the pursuit of sustainable goals by the mid-level management. The budgets of public institutions should be increased by the government while keeping in mind the cost of environmentally friendly products. Universities must invest in employee training, particularly for sustainability. If more businesses purchase environmentally friendly products, there will be more providers on the market, which will lead to reduced prices. The management may invite the suppliers to contribute when arranging the procurement. The management should give the procurement team financial and performance incentives to boost motivation. To improve their competencies, they can be dispatched to distant locations for training and capacity-building seminars. To keep mid-level management aligned with sustainable procurement, management should occasionally apply pressure. In order for green products' pricing to be competitive with those of conventional goods, the government should provide subsidies to the companies that produce them.