Statement of the Problem

This study attempted to profile and determine the status of the BSED Graduates of

Bicol State college of Applied Sciences and Technology Batch 2018 and aims to answer

the following questions:

1. What are the personal profile of the BSED Graduates Batch 2018 along with

their:

a. Sex

b. Age

c. Civil Status

d. Educational Attainment

e. Residency

f. Eligibility

2. What is the employment status of the BSED Graduates Batch 2018 along:

a. Nature of employment

b. Length of service

c. Subject handled

d. Waiting time before employment

e. Salary

3. What are the problems met by the BSED Graduates after graduation in finding

their first job?

4. What are the perceptions of the graduates on the quality education obtained

from the college along:

a. Course content
 b. Method

c. Faculty/teacher

d. Administration

Assumptions

1. The BISCAST graduates has acquired enough skills and competencies needed

for employment

2. Quality of education, adequate trainings, and the values that they have obtained

from college are determinants of their employability status.

 Chapter III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter addresses on how the proposed problem will be investigated and

how the researchers gathered the data towards the objectives of this research. It

includes the presentation of the following elements: research design, the respondents,

research instrument ,data gathering procedures and the statistical treatment used.

RESEARCH DESIGN

This study used the descriptive survey design to gather valuable information and

relevant insights of the BSED graduates of BISCAST batch 2018 using questionnaires

and personal interviews. Descriptive survey design is easy to use and very efficient for

asking various personal information of the respondents. The researchers then records

and interpret the answers for data analysis to attain the main purpose of this research.

DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE

The researchers collected the list of all graduates of BSED batch 2018 in

graduation yearbook. The year book provides informations that are needed such as

their contact number, home address and email. A questionnaire was sent to their email

address.Each researcher was assigned to find these respondents using the

informations and wait for a specific time for their feedbacks or a face to face interview

was conducted by the researcher using their available home address. The researcher

also find their names on facebook if other contact informations was not available and

snowball technique was applied. The researcher tried to find their groupchats to acquire

the necessary number of respondents needed for the research.

Statistical treatment of data

The data gathered was tallied and analyze for the purpose of the research’s main

objectives. Percentages and weighted mean was computed using its frequencies to

come up with different interpretations. The researcher used the following formula:

Percentage :

R
P= where ,
N

P= percentage

R= number of respond

N= total number of respondents

Weighted mean:

∑ fx
= where,
n

== =weighted mean

n= number of respondents

x= rating

f= frequency