Work Readiness Of Senior High School Graduating Learners Of Assumption Iloilo: Bases For Work Enhancement Program

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  • Rosabeth M. Arturo, Rey M. Arturo

Abstract

This study is a descriptive research which determined the level of work readiness of SHS graduating learners of Assumption Iloilo for SY 2018-2019 as bases for the development of a work immersion enhancement program. The independent variables are academic strand (ABM, HUMMS and STEM), sex (male and female) and work immersion area. The dependent variable is the level of work readiness of learners in terms of basic academic skills, higher order thinking skills, interpersonal and teamwork skills and personal characteristics and attitudes. The respondents of the study were the Grade 12 graduating learners of Assumption Iloilo and the work immersion supervisors assigned by the partner institutions to oversee the learners during company immersion. The data were gathered using a duly validated and pilot-tested researcher-made survey questionnaire which was developed based on the review of the literature on work readiness and in accordance with the work readiness framework by O’Niel et al. (2014). The gathered data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics like frequency count, percentage, mean, t-test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Mann Whitney U-test with the level of significance set at 0.05.Findings revealed that the learners have very good work readiness in terms of basic academic and higher order thinking skills; and excellent in terms of interpersonal and teamwork skills, and personal characteristics and attitudes. No significant variations in the level of work readiness of the learners were found when they were grouped according to academic strand and sex. However, in terms of work immersion alignment a significant difference was found between learners with work immersion in public and private organizations. In addition, the work readiness among learners when assessed by the work immersion supervisors is very good in all aspects and no significant difference in their perception was found when grouped according to work immersion area.The researcher concluded that the graduating senior high school learners of Assumption Iloilo are work ready regardless of their academic strand, sex and work immersion area. The implementation of the proposed work immersion enhancement program is highly recommended to address specific items where the learners are found to have the lowest ratings. The teachers should provide more learning activities that will enhance the basic academic and higher order thinking skills of the learners. Furthermore, the findings of the study should be considered in the review of senior high school curriculum by the Assumption Iloilo and curriculum makers. In addition, the school may use the work readiness tool developed by the researcher and implement the proposed enhancement program. Likewise, the Department of Education should commission a nation-wide study on the work readiness of the senior high school graduates in order to have informed educational policies and programs.

Published

2020-11-01

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