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Tabon M. Estrella National High School Sugala St., Tabon Bislig City Telefax: (086)853-3161 E-mail: tmenhs@gmail.com Website: tmenhs.webs.com

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

RITA S. REYES Secondary School Principal IV

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

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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: tmenhs@gmail.com Website: tmenhs.webs.com

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

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 technicalvocational 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.

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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 schools 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 inschool. However, as it is a fact that the economic status of the majority of the schools 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 schools 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. 2. 3. 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. correspondence of the graduates field of specialization in their high school technicalvocational education(TVE to their present career status; employed graduates level of job satisfaction; and rate of graduates who opted to pursue college education.

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

SCHOOL YEAR 2010-2011 2011-2012 TOTAL

Total No. of Graduates

No. of Graduates Traced

% of Graduates Traced

No. of Employed 28 5 33

% 15 8 13

No. of Unemployed 10 21 31

% 5 33 12

At School 149 38 187

% 80 59 75

333 333 666

187 64 251

56 19 38

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

INDUSTRY/SECTOR Restaurant/Food Chain Eatery/Carenderia OFW (Services) Internet Caf Garment/Textile Shop Furniture Shop Electrical Catering

FREQUENCY 7 8 1 4 3 4 1 5

PERCENTAGE 21% 24% 3% 12% 9% 12% 3% 15%

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

Restaurant/Food Chain 21% Electrical 3% Catering 15%

Furniture Shop 12%

Garment/Textile Shop 9% Internet Caf 12%

Eatery/Carenderia 25% OFW (Services) 3%

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 TechnicalVocational 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:

RITA S. REYES
Secondary School Principal IV