DOTHIE JOY E. YAP MALASILA NAT’L VOC-TECH HIGH SCHOOL INTRODUCTION Implementation of STVEP Education Act of 1982 Malasila Nat’l Voc-Tech High School – one of the 282 Tech-Voc high schools in the Philippines – one of the nine (9) techvoc high schools in region 12 SOCKSARGEN – the ONLY tech-voc high school in Cotabato Division – the ONLY school in Cotabato Division that started the early implementation of SHS using the K to 12 learning competencies LITERATURE REVIEW Satisfaction “Highly satisfied students are more likely to remain in, and ultimately, successfully graduate from college.” (Tessema et al.) “By the age of 14 to 24, adolescents are in the exploration stage with progressive narrowing of career options to make final decisions regarding career choices.” (Migunde et al.) RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 1. Determine the following: a. socio-demographic profile of the graduates; b. status of employment; c. reasons of unemployment; d. level of the job satisfaction; e. relevance of the graduates’ training to their present work; f. significant relationship between socio-demographic profile and their employment status; and RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 2. Identify the programs of Strengthened Technical Vocational Education Program implementation that needs to be improved based on their present work and recommend possible solutions that may lead to an improved program implementation. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK Anchored to the study of Holland’s Theory Socio-demographic Characteristics of the Graduates - Age Gender Civil Status Area of Specialization Level of Qualification Attained During High School Highest Level of Qualification at Present Employment Status of the Graduates METHODOLOGY AND RESEARCH DESIGN SUMMARY OF FINDINGS • As to the respondents’ socio-demographic, majority were 19-20 years old, male, single, and NC II holder. Most were enrolled in Commercial Cooking; • As to their employment status, all respondents were unemployed; • Sought for further study was the most of the reasons of unemployment of the respondents; SUMMARY OF FINDINGS • Relevance of the respondents’ training to their present job was not determined since all respondents were unemployed; • Also, job satisfaction was not determined since all respondents were unemployed; • Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents were not significant with their employment status; and SUMMARY OF FINDINGS • Most of the respondents suggested that linkage between institution and industry should be done to ensure graduates know where to go to look for jobs. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Respondents 1.30% 8% 16% 6.70% 74.60% 93.30% 38.70% 17-18 19-20 21-22 23-24 61.30% RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Respondents Dressmaking Consumer Electronics Servicing Electrical Installation and Maintenance Specialization 0% 10.70% 25.30% Commercial Cooking Computer Hardware Servicing 37.30% 26.70% RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Respondents Qualification 1.30% 0% COC NC I 94.70% 4% NC II NOT ATTAINED RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Status of Employment CHARACTERISTICS Employed Unemployed FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE ( n = 75 ) (%) 0 0 75 100 This shows that 100% of the graduates were unemployed RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Reasons of Unemployment did not look for a job, 11% no job opportunity, 12% seek further study, 44% lack of work, 24% Most of the respondents seek for further study. This connotes that respondents wanted to continue studying college or undergo other skills training. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Relevance of Training and Job Satisfaction Field of study of the graduates in Malasila National Vocational and Technological High School sought for further study. FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE CHARACTERISTICS ( n = 33 ) (%) Bachelor of Secondary Education 23 69.7 Dentistry 1 3.0 Information Technology 3 9.1 Computer Science 1 3.0 Business Administration 2 6.1 Engineering 1 3.0 Entrepreneurship 6 18.2 Hotel and Restaurant Management 3 9.1 Agricultural Economics 2 6.1 Marine Transportation 1 3.0 Automotive 6 18.2 Pharmacy 1 3.0 Accountancy 3 9.1 Grade 11 Senior High School 1 3.0 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Relationship between the graduates’ sociodemographic characteristics and their employment status SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC Constant Age Gender Civil Status Note: Civil status is (essentially) constant; it has been removed from the equation Specialization Level of qualification attained in high school Highest level of qualification at present Note: Highest level of qualification at present is highly correlated with other independent variables; it has been removed from the equation Multiple R-square F-Value Probability ns = 0.26 = 0.47ns = 0.756 not significant at 5% level COEFFICIENT STD. t-VALUE PROBABILITY Β 1.817 0.008 0.032 ERROR 0.263 0.014 0.033 6.91 0.58 0.96 0.000 0.564 0.339 -0.001 -0.000 0.007 0.034 -0.10 -0.01 0.922 0.991 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Suggestions Suggestions to improve the implementation of the Technical Vocational Education. FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE CHARACTERISTICS ( n = 75 ) (%) Additional Funds for improving the Workshop Facilities 5 6.7 Provision of more updated books, digitalized instructional materials 0 0 More relevant course content 0 0 Skills Enhancement Training 31 41.3 Maintain Ideal Teacher-Student Ration (1:25) 0 0 Career Guidance Counseling 6 8 Closer linkage between institution and industry to ensure graduates know where to go to look for jobs 33 44 Others, please specify ___________ 0 0 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS Impact of Strengthened Technical Vocational Education Program on job satisfaction of students in Malasila National Vocational and Technological High School was determined because all respondents were unemployed. not CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 1) For the people concerned in the field: 1.1 that the national leadership especially Department of Education office shall enrich the K to 12 Program which provides education and employment to the graduates. They may be able to land a job after graduation; CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 1.2 for the Division Office to plan and implement additional relevant trainings to school teachers who are newly-hired to equip them and to enhance their skills and competences; and 1.3 for the School Administrator to link with other industries for students’ immersion; plan intervention to address job mismatch. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 2) Further research should be undertaken in other technicalvocational schools to cross-validate the results of this study and to expand its coverage.