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RITA S. REYES

Secondary School Principal IV

TRACER STUDY ON THE CAREERS OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WITH TECH-VOC

EDUCATION (CATVE)

Tabon M. Estrella National High School

Sugala St., Tabon Bislig City

Telefax: (086)853-3161

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: tmenhs.webs.com

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TRACER STUDY ON THE CAREERS OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WITH TECH-VOC EDUCATION (CATVE) TMENHS

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education

Caraga Administrative Region

Bislig City Division

TABON M. ESTRELLA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Tabon, Bislig City

Telefax: (086)853-3161

E-mail: [email protected] Website: tmenhs.webs.com

Executive Summary

This report presents the findings of the tracer study on the career status of technical-vocational

education (CATVE) graduates of Tabon M. Estrella National High School for the two (2) succeeding

school year 2010-2011 and 2011-2012.

The main aim of carrying out this study is to track down technical-vocational education training

graduates in order to identify and address mismatches between the present career status of the

respondents (i.e. student, employed, unemployed, or underemployed), relevance of training, and job

satisfaction.

The objectives are to generate comprehensive information on labor market outcomes of technical-

vocational education training graduates and to determine the correspondence between the graduates’

area of specialization in high school to their present jobs or in their area of study should they opted to

pursue college education.

A structured survey questionnaire from the Technical-Vocational Unit (TVU) under the Bureau of

Secondary Education (BSE) of the Department of Education (DepEd) was used for data collection from

the graduates. For SY 2010-2011 graduates, only 187 or 56 % of the 333 graduates were traced while for SY

2011-2012, only 64 or 19 % of the 333 graduates were traced or a total of 251 or 38% of the target

respondents.

The results of the study reveal that seventy five (75%) of the traced graduates opted to pursue

college education relevant to their area of specialization in high school, 13% were employed relevant to

their specialization, while the remaining 12% were out-of-school and unemployed due to family

concerns, limited opportunity offered by the community, and other factors such as not being able to meet

the age requirements for the job.

Based from the results of the survey, Tabon M. Estrella National High commits to improve the

implementation of the Technical-Vocational Education curriculum by continuously finding ways to

improve the workshop facilities, provide more updated books and digitized instructional materials,

provide skills enhancement training opportunities for both teachers and students, maintain the ideal

teacher-student ratio (1:25), and to establish a closer linkage between institution and industry to ensure

that graduates land a gainful employment.

TRACER STUDY ON THE CAREERS OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WITH

TECH-VOC EDUCATION (CATVE)




I. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background

A technical-vocational education program aims to provide opportunities for the secondary

education graduates to acquire the necessary competencies and qualification to enable them to pursue

college education, post-secondary education, venture into entrepreneurship, or be directly absorbed in

the world of work.

The TechVoc Education Unit (TVU) under the Bureau of Secondary Education (BSE) of the

Department of Education (DepEd) is floating a survey questionnaire to all public technical-vocational

high schools in the country that aims to determine the current situation of the high school graduates with

technical-vocational education training in terms of their employment status, relevance of techvoc training

in their present careers, and job satisfaction. The information generated from the survey will serve as

major inputs in the curriculum development and other educational interventions.

Tabon M. Estrella National High School carried out this tracer study to determine the status of

the schools’ graduates from School Year 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 as a way of gauging the relevance of the

school’s curricular offering to the needs of the society. More focus is given to the relevance of their high

school specialization to their respective courses in higher education since 75% of the respondents are in-

school. However, as it is a fact that the economic status of the majority of the school’s clientele falls below

the poverty line, the graduates’ capability of landing a gainful employment after graduation and the

relevance of the trainings provided shall also be considered vital in this survey.

Findings from the study can be used as major inputs to enhance the effectiveness of the school’s

technical-vocational programs and to help achieve its goal in making TMENHS TechVoc education truly

responsive to the needs of our society in these rapidly changing times.

1.2 Objectives

This study primarily aims to determine the career status of Tabon M. Estrella National High

School graduates for School Year 2010-2011 and 2011-2012.

Specifically, the survey aims to determine the:

1. correspondence of the graduates’ field of specialization in their high school technical-

vocational education(TVE to their present career status;

2. employed graduates’ level of job satisfaction; and

3. rate of graduates who opted to pursue college education.

1.3 Scope

This tracer study covers only the first and second batch graduates of Tabon M. Estrella National

High School under the Strengthened Technical Vocational Education Program -Competency Based

Curriculum (STVEP-CBC), these are graduates of SY 2010-2011 and SY 2011-2012.


II. METHODOLOGY

The study utilized the descriptive-survey method of research. The instrument used in this study

was a structured questionnaire. Survey research typically employs questionnaires, such as the ones used

in this study, to determine the opinions, attitudes, preferences, and perceptions of persons of interest to

the study (Borg, 1987). The questionnaires also included the following demographic data on subjects who

responded: gender, levels of education and employment. The questionnaires were then sent out to target

respondents previously identified by the proponents. The respondents were then asked to fill in the

questionnaires as honestly as they could.

III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Data gathered in the study is hereby presented, analyzed, and statistically interpreted. Tabular

and graphical presentations of data are also employed.

SCHOOL YEAR Total No.

of

Graduates

No. of

Graduates

Traced

% of

Graduates

Traced

No. of

Employed %

No. of

Unemployed %

At

School %

2010-2011 333 187 56 28 15 10 5 149 80

2011-2012 333 64 19 5 8 21 33 38 59

TOTAL 666 251 38 33 13 31 12 187 75

The data shows that 75% of the graduates being surveyed pursued college education. Yet, out of

the remaining 25% who are not in school, 13% of which have been able to land a job.

INDUSTRY/SECTOR FREQUENCY PERCENTAGE

Restaurant/Food Chain 7 21%

Eatery/Carenderia 8 24%

OFW (Services) 1 3%

Internet Café 4 12%

Garment/Textile Shop 3 9%

Furniture Shop 4 12%

Electrical 1 3%

Catering 5 15%

Table 1.0 Distribution of TMENHS Graduates for SY 2010-2011 & SY 2011-2012

Table 2.0 Distribution of TMENHS Graduates for SY 2010-2011 & SY 2011-2012 based on their area of specialization


Figure 2.1 Distribution Rate of TMENHS Employed Graduates for SY 2010-2011 & SY 2011-2012 based on their area of

specialization

IV. FINDINGS

Based from survey, 75% of the traced graduates opted to pursue higher education related to the

skills they have specialized during their high school, 13% were employed relevant to their specialization,

while the remaining 12% were out-of-school and unemployed due to family concerns, limited

opportunity offered by the community, and other factors such as not being able to meet the age

requirements for the job.

V. CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS

Tabon M. Estrella National High commits to improve its implementation of the Technical-

Vocational Education curriculum by continuously finding ways to improve the workshop facilities,

provide more updated books and digitized instructional materials, provide skills enhancement training

opportunities for both teachers and students, maintain the ideal teacher-student ratio (1:25), and to

establish a closer linkage between institution and industry to ensure that graduates land a gainful

employment. But definitely, TMENHS will not be able to achieve these on its own. Thus, support from

the national & local government must be sought as well as the support of the entire school community.

Submitted by:

Restaurant/Food Chain 21%

Eatery/Carenderia 25%

OFW (Services) 3%

Internet Café 12%

Garment/Textile Shop 9%

Furniture Shop 12%

Electrical 3%

Catering 15%

RITA S. REYES

Secondary School Principal IV

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