Senior High School

San Jose de Buenavista

Antique National School

Level of Electrical Skills of Grade 12 Electrical Installation and Maintenance Students in

Antique National School

Researchers:

Adrian Nicor

John Patrick Tapec

Bernabe Mabaquiao

Subject Teacher:

Ma. Fea V. De Los Santos

 CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

The ultimate goal of technical vocational education training is for the acquisition of
knowledge, attitude and practical skills for sustainable development. The training of technical
vocational education students is based on the production of goods and services that are not only
relevant to themselves but to the society. Stated that the acquisition of life-long practical skills calls
for effective and efficient teaching strategies, appropriate evaluation methods and utilization of
standard teaching materials, tools, machines, and equipment to ensure the production of desired
graduates with practical skills. Other requirements include training manuals and availability of
qualified teachers with experiences.

The students who undergo training in Electrical Installation understanding in diverse skills in
the trades as expected to posses’ skills for design, development, production, excellence in installation
of electrical management and utilization of trending machines and equipment, maintain nerve
electrical/electronic devices and circuits.

The acquisition of skills especially in Electrical Installation and Maintenance trades would
undoubtedly leaded to job creation and self-reliance as lack of employment is an evidence of
unsaleable skills possessed by technical college graduates. This study was conduct and determined the
Electrical Installation and Maintenance skills of the students. Learning is the process of acquisition of
knowledge (practical and theoretical) which is education.

Okoro (2008) remarked that the products of technical institutions do not have the knowledge
and skills that will enable them to take up the available jobs. Moreover, he asserted that technical
colleges are the principal vocational institutions in Nigeria which is designed to prepare the individual
to acquire practical skills, knowledge, and aptitude required of technicians at sub-professional level.
This implies correctly that technical colleges are designed to give full craft man training intended to
prepare youths for entry into various occupations of their interests. Among the occupations that
youths are given training in the technical college include Electrical installation (repair, maintenance
and installation).
 In the same vein, Nwachukwu, Bakare and Jika (2011), submit that technical with the relevant
and adequate knowledge, skills and attribute for employment under the guidelines of a teacher in
related occupations. The place of skill acquisition in technical education cannot be over-emphasized
and to achieve these objectives, too many trades are learnt in technical colleges.

The main purpose of this study is to determine the academic performance and the Electrical
Installation and Maintenance skills of the students in Antique National School In the same manner,
this determines the factors affecting skill acquisition with an end goal of enhancing these skills.

Conceptual Framework

This study aimed to determine the Electrical Installation and Maintenance skills of Grade 12 students
of Antique National School. The research process that this study utilized is shown in Figure 1. The
design shows the input variables involved, the process conducted and the result of the study.

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

 Academic
Performance
A Module with
 Level of Survey
systematic tutorial and
Electrical Skills Questionnaire activities to enhance the
of the students skill level of the
person’s involve
 Factors affecting
skills acquisition

Figure 1. Research Paradigm

The first box includes the needed data which are the academic performance, level of Electrical
Installation and Maintenance skills, and factors affecting skill acquisition. These data were gathered
through survey questionnaire and analyzed using different statistical tools. The end goal of this
research is to propose an action plan to enhance the skills.
Statement of the Problem

This study attempted to focus on the level of the electrical skills of EIM grade 12 students of
Antique National School.

1. How much level academic performance of students be described?

2. What is the level of the Electrical Installation and Maintenance skills acquired by students?

3. What factors are affecting the skill acquisition by students?

4. Is there a significant relationship between academic performance and skills acquired by the
students?

5. What plan of action was be proposed to enhance the level of the electrical skills of EIM
students?

Hypothesis

This study aimed the test following hypothesis:

Ho: There is no significant relationship between the academic performance and acquired skills.

Scope and Delimitation

This study highlights the level of electrical skills of 47 Grade 12 EIM students of
Antique National School for the school year 2023-2024. Further, the researchers delimited the
domains of EIM strand. It did not include to the other strand since the skills to be assessed are
specialized in Electrical Installation and Maintenance. Only two sections of EIM 12 students were
included in the study. The study was based only on the responses of the respondents, thus, their
honesty in answering affected the result.
Significance of the Study

The study focused on level of electrical skill of grade 12 EIM students. Through this study,
the following will benefit the following:

To the students, it would help them to enhance their electrical skills so, they can be prepared
for their future job after graduation.

To the teachers, it would help them to know the level of the skills of their students so they can
think a technique to improve the skills and help the students to improve them self.

To the parents, it would help them to guide their children in terms of improving their skills in
electrical so they can help to find a job that suits on them.

To the future researchers, it would help them to have information about the level of electrical
skills of the students, so it would help them in terms of information that the study would provide.

Definition of Terms

To better understand the study, the following terms were defined operationally.

Academic Performance. This refers to the extent to which a student, teacher or institution
has achieved their short or long term educational goals, commutative SPA and completion of
educational benchmark such as secondary schools diplomas and bachelor’s degrees represented
academic achievement. This study, this refers to the grades of the students in EIM subject.

Electrical. This refers to devices, materials, tools, and the things that related to electricity.
Electricity is an energy that flow into the wires and going to the load to work. Electricity can conduct
a heat to while performing to and need a good bind from source to load to work. This study was
utilize the electrical skills to determine the level of the students skills in EIM.

Skill. This refers to the ability to do something well: expertise (difficult work, taking great
skill), a particular ability; the ability to one's knowledge effectively and readily in execution or
performance. In this study, this refers to the acquired competencies of the students in EIM.
 Electrical Installation and Maintenance. It is one of the strands offered in K-12. In this
study, this refers to the major subject of specialization of EIM students where acquired skills,
academic performance, and factors affecting skills acquisition would be demonstrated in this study to
claim that the students was needed more elaboration or visual, deep understanding, and mostly, the
actual performing or hands-on activities to know what is EIM for. In addition, for major tutor like
teachers and professors will take an advantage while teaching to their learners.