PERCEPTIONS OF GRADE 10 STUDENTS TOWARDS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND

FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR CHOICE: THE MOST COMMON STRAND

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A Research Submitted in Partial Fulfillment

Of the requirements in Practical Research 2

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Senior High School

Quezon National High School

Michael James M. Queros

Carlota C. Lasam

Crisanto Granel

Geo Sinsano

Charles Marben C. Batin

S.Y 2018-2019
 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

This chapter contains the Background of the study, Statement of the problem, Significance

of the study, Scope and Limitation, and Definition of terms. The main purpose of this research is

to get the perceptions of students regarding on the K-12 program – Senior High School.

Background of the study

Senior High School is a part of the K-12 program design by the Department of Education

wherein the students will undergo a core curriculum and subjects under a track based on the

students’ preference. It is a curriculum developed in line with the commission on Higher

Education (CHED) which is governing body from tertiary level in the Philippines.

It is also believed to be the solution of the elongated dilemma of the Philippine educational

system because this prepares the students in their entry to college and equips them with relevant

and globally competitive skills which will foster employment.

It’s true that Senior High School helps the student to widen their minds and serves as a

stepping stone in their dreams. But, some which has a noble purpose for every Pilipino pupil or

student. From their own point of view or perspective this is another burden on the part of the

students and parents. It will add to the financial problem of the individual family, and the

advantage of implementing this program are for the people who wants to continue studying or

work abroad because the curriculum is almost parallel to another country. (Anonymous, 2013)

On the contrary, most of the students have not yet decided on what strand they will pursue

for Senior High School. According to Boyer (1987), “in taking a course, one of the life’s major
decision is being made. A lot of time, money, and effort will be involved. The shape and

excellence of student’s life may rest on the result.” In choosing a junior, senior academic track a

student should take a risk. Thinking that they might make a wrong decision that will affect their

future. Harris (1980) Decision making is the best way to get one’s satisfaction and consider as

the best-required thing to do to have a successful and a very satisfying life.

As observed, the students that usually took the tracks that they don’t like is the one who is

always shifting to other strand. Many factors can influence a student’s decision, including their

parents, friends, teachers, or any role models in students’ life.

In addition, matters on the country’s K-12 program remain unclear. One of them, however,

refers to the specific tracks wherein students will choose the best skills for them to master,

Senior High School system comes with specific tracks that seem like college courses, they

include certain disciplines.

 Academic

 Arts and design

 Sports

 Technical vocational livelihood (TVL)

Great careers do not simply happen. That is why it is important for students to

make career plans. Parents are the best person to ensure that their child is making wise career

choice. The main purpose of this study is to get the perceptions of the Grade 10 students towards

Senior High School.

 Statement of the problem

This study aims to determine the perceptions of the Grade 10 students towards

Senior High School. Specifically, this study answers the following questions:

1. What are the perceptions of the grade 10 students towards Senior High School?

2. What are the factors that influence the Grade 10 students in choosing their strand?

3. What is the common strand for Grade 10 students?

Significance of study

These studies have significance to several areas. First, the results of this study will

be beneficial to students, their parents, school administration and the future researchers. The

outcome of this should support the students in choosing the correct and suitable track for them.

This study helps the STUDENTS who are incoming Grade 11 to determine the

considerations in selecting their strands. They must consider their interest, natural skills, abilities,

aims and rewards. This study will help them to develop their decision-making ability.

This study will help the PARENTS that serve as a main influence in their

children’s career development and career decision-making.

The SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION can use this if possible in making their

symposiums and career guidance better for helping the students in choosing the right strand for

them.

This study will serve as evidence and basis of the FUTURE RESEARCHERS in

their research about the perceptions of Grade 10 students towards Senior High School.

Scope and Delimitation of the study

 This research was conducted to determine the perceptions of Grade 10 students towards

Senior High School and to know the factors that affects them in choosing their Strand.

It is descriptive in nature and focused on Grade 10 students of Quezon National High

School. The research sample is composed of one hundred (100) Grade 10 students out of 240

populations.

The primary data gathering method used is checklist questionnaire for the researchers get

the data that is needed in the study. The researchers used stratified sampling to identify the

sample for each section of Grade 10 students.

It will be conducted within the Quezon National High School, Alunan, Quezon, Isabela.

Definition of Terms

K-12. a program made by the Department of Education wherein the students will undergo

a core curriculum and subjects under a track based on the students’ preference.

Students’ perception. The students insight

 Chapter II

Review of Related Literature

This chapter presents the literature relevant to the concept of the present study. It

also analyses some studies and materials from the Internet to provide sufficient background

information for the accomplishment of this study. It sought to collect claims of previous studies

about Perception of Grade 10 students towards Senior High School.

Perceptions towards Senior High School

The implementation of K - 12 program of the Department of Education is a great

help to every student. But, some which has a noble purpose for every Pilipino pupil or student.

From their own point of view or perspective this is another burden on the part of the students and

parents. It will add to the financial problem of the individual family, and the advantage of

implementing this program are for the people who wants to continue studying or work abroad

because the curriculum is almost parallel to another country. This is some of the problems that

this study is going to focus on and to hear the sentiments of the parents regarding the

implementation of K - 12 program (Anonymous, 2013).

One of the aims of the Department of Education is to prepare the students to be

globally competitive. To achieve this, educational reforms of the government must also focus

into the mastery of English as the second language. Such attempt will greatly help to harness the

productive capacity of the country’s human resource base towards international competitiveness.

Competitiveness may be gauged from sociolinguistic competence of a person. Sociolinguistic

competence is the ability to use language appropriate to a given communicative context taking

into account the roles of the participants, the setting and the purpose of interaction. It is the
ability to use and respond to language appropriately, given the setting, the topic, and the

relationships among the people communicating, particularly the lingua franca of the educational

society and community, in its various contexts and dimensions relatively guarantees the teachers

competitive advantage in the complex society like the Philippines (Alatis, 2009).

In addition to that, the ripened fruits which were taken from the trunk of the tree

are more sweet and tasty compared to fruits which were taken ahead of time. The goal of the K -

12 Basic Education Program is to create a functional basic education system that will

produce productive and responsible citizens equipped with the essential competencies and skills

for both life–long learning and employment. This program will enhance the basic education

system to full functionality to fulfill the basic learning needs of students. This is in line with the

agenda of the President Aquino of having quality education as a long term solution to poverty, in

order to achieve these goals (DepEd, 2013).

Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro (2011) says the additional 2 years will help

students decide what course they will take in college. It will also help high school students to be

given a chance to specialize in science and technology, music and arts, agriculture, fisheries,

sports, business entrepreneurship, and others. K - 12 Program aims to make basic education

sufficient enough so that anyone who graduates can be gainfully employed and have a productive

life. K –12 Program will look at the possibility of specialized education such as a high

school or community, which will focus on the arts or agriculture. Bro. Armin said that the

proposal will make high school graduates employable, making tertiary education unnecessary to

get a job. That proposal of Department of Education to add two more years to basic education

drew mixed reactions in the Senate.

 Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile (2011) expressed support to the DepEd’s K -

12 Program as he agrees with the proposal because the country needs to increase its

competitiveness at the international level, he said: We are underrated by other countries, our

educational system. It is painful for others. But for the country we have to do it. To implement

the program, the DepEd has to work with Congress to amend the existing law, Batas Pambansa

232 or the “Education Act of 1982,” which states that the basic formal education is a 10-year

program.

Nartates (2011) conducted a study about the Effects of Broken Homes among

Early Teenagers to their Academic Performance this studies cited by the researchers have also

shown that the country’s education program is equivalent to the 12-year education cycle

followed abroad except that it is being completed in only 10 years. These researches analyze and

study what will be the effects of the K - 12 Educational Systems to the country, parents, and

students. This study becomes related to my study in the sense that it is concerned on the effects

of K - 12 Program to the parents. The only difference is that this study is focused on the effects

of K - 12 Program to the students whose parents are working abroad, and how it affects to their

academic performance.

Marston (2011) Conducted a related study about the perception of students and

parents involved in primary to secondary school transition programs of different formats and

complexities, based on both Australian and international research, have been introduced in some

schools to facilitate transition. The aims of this research were to investigate and compare the

perceptions of students, parents and teachers involved in several of these programs and to

examine the extent to which transition programs can alleviate issues associated with transition

between primary and secondary schools.

 Senate Majority Floor Leader Vicente "Tito" Sotto (2011) explained why he

opposed the proposal of the Department of Education (DepEd) to amend the law on the country’s

basic education to increase the number of school years to 12 from the present 10-year program.

"I oppose the addition of two years to basic education. There is no clear benefit to adding two

years to basic education," Sotto said in a privilege speech at the Senate. He added that the

national budget can't even provide sufficient funds to maintain the present number of years of

basic education, but now the DepEd wants to add more to it. According to him, adding two years

to basic education will further increase our budget deficit. We need quality education, not

quantity of years in education. We need more schools, not more years in school.

“The reality on the ground is that schools even have to divide their classes to

morning and afternoon sessions to accommodate more students… We need to modernize our

public school system management priority to expanding the cycle of our basic education

program”

Factors Influencing the Students’ in Choosing a Strand

There are several factors that impact the students from high school seniors’

decision in what strand they should take. From the phases that have proposed by Jackson, which

could affect a students’ decision in finding a decent course, there is still a relevant factor on it.

According to Elmer (1989) as cited in Arguelles & Miranda (2014), specialization

planning is life goal setting. Sound decision-making is a need to prevent any misfits and to assist

students in the process of solidifying their course specialization.

The Korir and Wafula (2012) study attempt to examine the influential factors in

student career and the findings shows that majority of the students are influenced by opportunity
(technical and job opening) followed by environments factors (external influencers and

advertisement made by institution) while least influenced by personal factors (personal interest

and lifestyle for those who are already in the hospitality industry).

A study carried out by Shumba and Naong (2012) among 133 South African

university students to explore factors influencing career choice and aspirations, confirms that

family, the ability of the learner’s self to identify his/her preferred career choice, and teachers are

among the most influencing career choice and aspirations of students.

According to Olamide and Olawaiye (2013) confirm that environment, influence,

and opportunity factors influence students career choice. They point out that the influence of

people in the closer circle friends, family and academia does not influence or lead the students in

deciding their career choice. And they also note that students whose parents have advanced

education do influence their career choice. The response shows that students concerned with

financial responsibility might already working to make some saving for an educational future.

Bandura et al. (2001) in a prospective study examined a structural model of socio

cognitive influences that influence parental aspirations related to careers. Self- efficacy beliefs

were seen to play a major role in giving direction to career pursuits, and socio-economic status

was seen to be indirectly linked to career trajectories by influencing parent’s perceived efficacy

and aspirations.

Conceptual Framework
 CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter contains the research design and the methodology used in the

conduct of this study. It incorporated the sampling techniques, subject of the study, research

locale, research instrument, the data gathering procedure and the data analysis. This chapter

shows how the researcher came to the necessary data for this study, and how these data analyze,

interpreted and presented in the easiest way possible.

Research Design

Descriptive research design will be used by the researcher in their study.

Subject of the Study

The study will focus on Quezon National High School Grade 10 students. 100

grade 10 students will be chosen from all sections fair and equal by using stratified technique and

by draw lots. In addition, the researchers used the stratified sampling techniques in selecting their

respondents to ensure the fair and equal representation of the variables of the study.

Research Locale

The researcher will conduct the study within Quezon National High School,

Alunan, Quezon, Isabela. Respondents will come from all Grade 10 sections, 100 students will

be chosen. The study will be conducted in the semester of the academic year 2018-2019.
 Research Instrument

Self-structured and adopted questionnaires was utilized and used by researchers as

their data gathering tool.

Data Gathering Procedures

To give solution and gather the data needed for the study, following steps was

done in gathering the data needed.

First, the researchers will make a formal letter asking a permission to conduct the

study at Quezon National High School, Quezon, Isabela. The letter will be approved by the

principal and assistant principal allowing to conduct the study.

Second, the researchers will make an authentic questionnaire to be given on the

respondents. They will approach and asks for consult from their English teacher for the checking

of grammar, spelling, and punctuation. The questionnaires will be printed and distributed to 100

respondents.

Lastly, the floating of questionnaires will be conducted to 100 students. The data

will be collected, separate each section, recorded and analyzed.

Method of analysis and statistical tools

The data of the study were tabulated, analyzed and described using the following

statistical tools:

a. Frequency count and rank- was used to determine the factors that affect the students

choice and the most common strand for them.

 b. Weighted mean- was used in the analysis of the perception of grade10 students towards

senior high school

Weighted mean

Wm=∑ ❑

CHAPTER IV
ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

This chapter presents the data analysis and findings from 100 questionnaire completed by

the grade 10 students as our respondents. The purpose of this study was to identify the

Perceptions of grade 10 students towards Senior High School program and factors influencing

their choice: The common strand

TABLE 1: Perception of grade 10 students towards Senior High School program.

A. NEGATIVE PERCEPTION OF GRADE 10 STUDENTS

Statements WAM DESCRIPTION

Senior High School program will be a waste 2.23 DISAGREE
of time, money and effort

Senior high School is another 2 years of 2.99 UNDECIDED

hardship
 Senior High School is a burden to parents 2.7 UNDECIDED
and students
Senior High School is not a big help to 2.63 UNDECIDED
widen the students mind
Senior High School is not necessary 2.4 DISAGREE
OWAM 2.59 DISAGREE

Table 1. A. Shows the summary of the negative perception of grade 10 students towards Senior

High School program, the table reveals the perception of the respondents were not negative.

B. POSITIVE PERCEPTION OF GRADE 10 STUDENTS

Statements WAM Description

Senior High School is important. 4.46 STRONGLY AGREE
Senior High School is essential. 4.14 AGREE
Senior High School will give a better job 4.33 STRONGLY AGREE
opportunities.
Senior High School will help more the 4.12 AGREE
student to narrow their minds.
Senior High School is a stepping stone in 4.4 STRONGLY AGREE
achieving dreams
OWAM 4.29 STRONGLY AGREE

Table 1. B. Shows the summary of the positive perception of grade 10 students towards Senior

High School program, the table reveals the perception of the respondents is positive.

Table Influencing factors that affect their desired strand

The table 2 shows the factors that affect the desired strand of grade 10 students, the table reveals

that the highest factor that affect the desired strand of respondents was the family and the least

factor that affect them was their Girlfriend/boyfriend

Table 3

Common strand

Strand Frequency percentage

HUMSS 53 53%
STEM 22 22%
ABM 13 13%
TVL 12 12%

TABLE 3 show the common strands for grade 10 students of Quezon National High School and
the most common strand for grade 10 students was Humss strand followed by Stem and Abm

and tvl .

CHAPTER V
SUMMARY, FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION

This chapter contains the summary, finding, conclusion, recommendations based on

the analysis of chapter IV.

Summary

The study aimed to determine the perception of grade 10 students towards Senior

High School program and factors that influence their choice: the common strand. One hundred

(100) grade 10 students of Quezon National High School, school year 2018-2019 were used as

subjects of this study.

The study employed the descriptive type of research design. A researcher-made

questionnaire on the perception of grade 10 students towards senior high school program and

factors that influence their choice: the common strand were used to gather data. Descriptive

statistical tools such as frequency counting, percentage, and mean were used to analyse the data.

Findings

Based on the analysis done, the following findings were noted;

1. Based on the gathered data, the outcome of it is that 2.59 of the students disagree to the

negative perceptions towards Senior High School and it turns out that the outcome of the

gathered data is positive perception.

2. As the summary on the perception of grade 10 students towards Senior High School program

the outcome was positive. The overall weighted mean are 4.29 and it is strongly agree in

qualitative description

3. As the summary on the factors that influence their desired strand, family got the first rank

which is 1.57 when their ranks on the different factors were combined whereas

girlfriend/boyfriend got the least rank which is 5.55

4. As the summary on the common strand that are offered in QNHS, 53% of our chosen

respondents choose HUMSS next is STEM with 22% followed by ABM with 13% and last is

TVL with 12%.

Conclusions.

Based on the findings, following conclusions were drawn;

1. Their perception towards senior high school was positive based on the findings.

2. Family were the number one factor that affect their choice

3. The result shows the first in the list on what is the most common strand – the gathered data

outcome is that HUMSS is the most common strand among those other strand.
Recommendations

Based on the findings and conclusions of the study, the researchers recommended the following:

1. The school administrator must not only orient the students but also their parents about

their strand because based on the data being gathered parents ranked first among the other

factors that affect the student’s choice.

2. For much reliable and much valid result the researchers recommend to conduct a similar

study with bigger number of respondents.

3. Based on the findings of the study HUMSS got the highest popularity among the other

strand and because of that the school must be prepared for the next school year 2019-

2020 for the huge enrollees of HUMSS