PERCEPTIONS AND FACTORS INFLUENCING JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS’

CHOICE ON TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN

JUAN SUMULONG HIGH SCHOOL

A Research Presented to
Senior High School Faculty
Juan Sumulong High School

In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for
RESEARCH PROJECT/ CULMINATING ACTIVITY

By:

Vincent D. Batulan Omar Rustan Y. Marangit

Alberto C. Bides Jerome Orñeo
Sherwin T. Coro Juan Miguel Puso
Michael Aaron S. Lazaro John Patrick T. Tayag

Peter A. Vander Zander

March 2020
 APPROVAL SHEET

This research proposal entitled, “PERCEPTIONS AND FACTORS

INFLUENCING JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS’ CHOICE ON TECHNICAL-
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN JUAN SUMULONG HIGH SCHOOL" prepared
and submitted by Vincent D. Batulan, Alberto C. Bides, Sherwin T. Coro,
Michael Aaron S. Lazaro, Omar Rustan Y. Marangit, Jerome Oreño, Juan
Miguel Puso, John Patrick T. Tayag, Peter A. Vander Zander in partial
fulfilment of the requirements for RESEARCH PROJECT has been examined
and is recommended for acceptance and approval for ORAL EXAMINATION.

MARCO N. IRINCO, MA Ed.

Adviser

PANEL OF EXAMINERS

Approved by the Committee on Oral Examination with a grade of ___%.

LEA M. TEODORO, MA Ed.

Chair

MA. PAZ G. DANCEL, MA Ed. JONATHAN V. MANALAYSAY, MA Ed.

Member Member

Accepted and approved in partial fulfilment of the requirements for

RESEARCH PROJECT.

JANET D. DIONIO, Ed.D.

Principal IV
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The researchers wish to express their heartfelt gratitude and appreciation

to the following for the realization and success of this Thesis.

Dr. Janet D. Dionio, Principal IV, Juan Sumulong High School for the

support and encouragement;

Mr. Marco N. Irinco and Engr. Dale A. Cerbito, their research advisers, for

the valuable assistance, guidance and direction in making this study possible;

Mrs. Lea M. Teodoro, Mrs. Ma. Paz G. Dancel, Mr. Jonathan V. Manalaysay

and Faculties of the Senior High School Department at JSHS, for their support

and encouragement;

Their benefactors and friends for their financial support and moral

inspiration;

Their parents, their brothers and sisters for the love, support,

encouragement and trust they gave and are still giving ever since.

Above all, the Almighty God, the source of all provision, wisdom and

strength.

THE RESEARCHERS
 DEDICATION

To our Parents

Siblings

Relatives

Friends

Countrymen

Country

and

God Almighty.

This humble work

is a sign of our love to all above mentioned.

THE RESEARCHERS
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 CHAPTER I

The Problem and its Background of the Study

Introduction

The K-12 Program implementation started on batch 2011-2012, and the first
batch of students to go through K-12 will graduate in March 2018. The K-12
Program is found to be an adequate period for learning under basic education
and its distinction requirement of professionals and non-professionals in our
country and foreign Asian or Non-Asian countries. It offers a balanced approach
to learning that will enable children and students to acquire, know and learn
more skills in different fields of education taking up the vocational and later
professional degree courses. (Ma. Araceli Bello Verjom)

The number of educated is now decreasing because of the different

circumstances that they face during the days that they are trying to step up in
their lives. A survey from the DepEd shows that out of 100 students studying
in elementary, only 80 of them will graduate and those 80 students may be
deducted and will become 50-60 students to go to high school. In 50 students,
there might only be 30 of them can only proceed to college and only a few of
them can finish college and/or masteral degree courses. (Ma. Araceli Bello
Verjom)
 The K-12 program of the government will allow students to have mastery
of competence and enable them to cope up with the lessons. The curriculum is
enriched to the local needs of students to be responsive to choose a
specialization that will suit their field of interests. The present curriculum offers
a more balanced approach that students may acquire and master their life long
interests and Learning skills for livelihood income approaching the 21st century.
With the K-12 education also help graduated students the skills needed in the
labor market and prepare responsibilities and opportunity to be accepted and
work to the skills they acquired. (Ma. Araceli Bello Verjom)

After finishing the K-12, particularly in the senior year of schooling,

graduates are awarded a certificate of competence and a national certificate
showing of proof allowing them to have middle-level skills and will be offered a
better opportunity to be employed and later become young entrepreneurs. (Ma.
Araceli Bello Verjom)

Technical-Vocational (Tech-Voc) courses are part of non-formal education

in the Philippines. Under the Republic Act 7796, the Technical Education and
Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is ordered to give specialized instruction
and aptitudes advancement programs for Filipino students. The tech-voc
programs permit out of school youth and other intrigued understudies to learn
down practical abilities that will set them for business or employment.

Contemplating tech-voc courses fills some needs. It furnishes

understudies with broad hands-on preparation required in actual industries and
other practical evaluations. The educational plan is additionally made out of
competency benchmarks required for powerful work execution as endorsed by
industry specialists. Taking short professional courses likewise helps in growing
chances and increasing new abilities for the individual who need to step up in
their vocations or dare to new organizations.
 Technical-Vocational is defined as a comprehensive term referring to
those aspects of the education process involving the study of technologies and
related sciences, and acquisition of practical skills, attitudes, understanding,
and knowledge relating to occupants in various sectors of economic and social
life. The objective of technical vocational education is to bring up application-
oriented talents that have related technical theoretical knowledge and practical
ability. Its requirements of the theoretical study are low, more emphasis and
hands-on capacity and demanding actual working capacity. Vocational
education considered appropriate for professions like automotive mechanics,
plumbers, electricians, and other similar profession. It is geared towards the
practical needs of a specific occupation. Vocation education is seen as a strategy
that contributes to increasing efficiency and education investment and can
provide young people with the skill needed for employment and industry.

Background of the Study

K12 curriculum is a system implemented by the Department of

Education (DepEd). Before taking an additional 2 years in Senior high school,
students are free to choose the offerings of the curriculum: The Academic Track,
Sports, Art, and Technical-Vocational Track. The main purpose of it is to develop
learners’ skills for them to be ready to start to work- if they want to- start a
business, or continue college. One more reason why it was executed was that
foreign countries think that a 10-year curriculum was insufficient and K12
provides basic competencies to meet the standards of foreign countries in case
they work abroad.
In Juan Sumulong High School, the SHS offering tracks are the Academic Track
and Technical Vocational Track (TVL). Academic Track comprises 3 strands:
Accountancy, Business and Management (ABM), Humanities and Social
Sciences (HUMSS), and Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics
(STEM). Yet, the TVL track comprises of also 3 strands: Information
Communication Technology (ICT), Home Economics (HE), and Industrial Arts
(IA). The Academic track mainly focuses on learners on their chosen field of
specialization in college and TVL makes students enhance their practical work
skills to make them job-ready. But some researches asserted that there is a
significant difference found in both tracks. In terms of the confidence of TVL
track, Zhao et al (2013), says that the vocational track students expressed a
low level of self-esteem. Houtte et al (2012), concluded that Academic tracks
showed significantly high confidence than TVL track.

The aims of this study were to investigate the perceptions of Grade 10

students in Juan Sumulong High School toward Technical-Vocational education
and to understand the factors influencing students’ choice. These were
considered as starting points to create plans for applicable intervention in order
to progress students’ choice for Technical Voctional Livehood (TVL) track.

The researchers came up with the problem: “What is the perception and
factors influencing junior highschool students towards Technical Vocational
education?” with the objectives of knowing the profile of participants, their
mindset on Tech-Voc Education before enrolling, reasons for enrolling on a
TechVoc course, find out the benefits gained after graduating from one of its
course, to determine how it helped in the development of their career, and to
find out what is their current mindset about it.
 The Grade 10 level of Juan Sumulong High School is made up of seven
(7) sections with a total of two hundred sixty-two (262) Grade 10 students. The
researcher will only choose fifty (50) students out of two hundred sixty-two
(262) Grade 10 students as respondents in the study.

Conceptual Framework

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

 Organizing the 1. Conducting  The perception of

questionnaires. interviews
and surveys Grade 10 Students
 Demographic
Profile of the towards Technical-
respondents 2. Tallying of
data in the Vocational (Tech-
 How do the questioner
Grade10 students voc) Education in
perceive 3. Identifying
Technical- the factors Juan Sumulong
Vocational
affecting the
Education High School
track
preference

Figure 1. Research Paradigm

Theoretical Framework

Developmental Theory of Career Development

According to Super’s (1990) Developmental Theory of Career

Development, high school students are at the exploration stage of career
development, which involves crystallizing and specifying their occupational
preferences, while also making preliminary decisions about their career choice.

Statement of the Problem

This study aims to deduce the perception of grade 10 students regarding

the Senior High School Program of the DepED. Furthermore, the study aims to
determine the plans of the grade 10 students with regard to the K to 12
academic program and their opinion about its implementation. Specialy it
answer the following:

1. What is the Profile of the responding grade 10 students? In terms of:

1.1. Gender

2. What are the perception of Grade 10 students toward Technical-Vocational

Education?

3. Is there any significant in choosing Technical-Vocational Education?

4. What are the factors influencing students on Technical-Vocational Education?

Significance of the Study

The study aims to identify the perception and factors influencing junior
high students’ choice on technical-vocational education in Juan Sumulong High
School.

The result of this study will benefit the teacher and parents by knowing
the perception and factors influencing Junior High student in choosing tracks in
Senior High School. This will help them to improve Technical-Vocational
Education and raise awareness that Tech-voc education are not low standard of
education. Finally, the researchers will make the study further and wider.

Scope and Limitations

This study was an investigation on the factors affecting the choices of the
students under K to 12 on which track they would take for senior high school.
The study was only limited to the Grade 10 students of the senior high school
of Juan Sumulong High School. This study mainly focused on the perception
and factors influencing junior high students’ choice on technical-vocational
education in Juan Sumulong High School.

Definition of Terms

Automotive Servicing Strand - one of the sub strands under of industrial arts

strands that focuses on car maintenance services.

Department of Education- is the executive department of the Philippine

government responsible for ensuring access to promoting equityin and

improving the quality of basic education.

Influencing – the capacity or power of persons or things to be compelling force

on or produce effects on the action, behaviour, opinions, etc., of others.

Factor - is one of the things that affects an event, decision, or situation.

Industrial Arts Strand (IA Strand) - is a strand under of technical vocational

track that focuses on hands on electrical and mechanical-related courses.

Juan Sumulong High School - is one of the performing schools in Cubao,

District III, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Junior High School- A school usually including grade seven to nine, called also

junior high.

Paradigm - a set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive choices in

particular syntactic roles.

Perception – is the organization,indetification,and interpretation of sensory

information in order to represent and understand the presented information, or

the environment.

Refrigeration and Air Condition Servicing Strand (RAC Strand) - is one

of the sub strands under of industrial arts strand which focuses on maintaining

the well function of appliances like refrigerator and air conditioner.

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Strand (STEM

Strand) - is a strand under of academic track which focuses on innovation,

experimental activities, and other science and technology-related courses.

Senior High school- A secondary school typically comprising three highest

grades.

Strand- a strand is a consistent thread running through a course offer

irrespective of its content.

TVE- is education and training which provides knowledge and skills.

Track – A track defines a set of possible course selection available to be specific

group of stands.