VARIABLES

1. PNP services on Violence against Women In Koronadal City: Basis for post Evaluation of Self
Competency.
2. School aptitude, academic performance: basis for enhancement of service program.
3. Parents perceived roles and participation in schools: basis for enhancement program on youth emotional
disorder
4. Academic literacy/ Preparation Criminology Proficiency
5. Language Literacy higher Police Proficiency in Crime Scene Investigation Koronadal City.
6.

Racial discrimination of criminals: basis for higher crime rate

7. Parents perceived Roles and Emotional intelligence. A basis for youth antisocial behaviour framework
8. Technical Report Writing Skills
9. Language Literacy of criminology student in Notre Dame of Marbel Unversity :basis for Police
Applicant Competency

Academic Achievement of Criminology Students in Notre Dame of Marbel University: Basis for Police
Recruit Competency
By: Crim. Sherwin A. Cabutija

______________________________________________________________________

A Research Presented to
Dr. Elizabeth Malonzo
UNIVERSITY OF MINDANAO
In Partial Fulfilment of the
Requirements for the ED201

May 2015

Statement of the Problem

This study seeks to determine the Academic Achievement of the Students in Notre Dame of Marbel
University Police competency. Study sought to answer the following questions:
1. What is the level of Academic Achievement of the criminology Students in Notre Dame of Marbel
University in terms of:
1.1. Academic Skills Development

1.2. Study and Thinking Skills

1.3. Personal Issues
1.4. Planning for the Future
1.5. Resource Needs
2. To determine the level of Police Applicant Competency in terms of :
2.1. Appearance
2.2. Punctuality and Attendance
2.3. Professional Attitude and Police Community Relations
2.4. Knowledge
2.6. Performance
2.6. Relationship
3. Is there any significant relationship between Language proficiency of Criminology students in Notre
Dame of Marbel University as basis for Police Applicants Competency?

RESULT

This chapter presents the result and discussions of the methods outlined in the previous chapter. This
Chapter include first the original research questions that were posed in the introduction to this thesis.
Below are the presentations of results in every problem stipulated on the first page.
1. Level of Academic Achievement of the students.
A five point Likert Scale was used to elicit response in the level of Academic Achievement as shown
below:
RANGE OF MEANS
4.51 5.00

DESCRIPTIVE LEVEL
ALWAYS OR ALMOST
ALWAYS

3.51 4.50

OFTEN

2.51 3.50

SOMETIMES

1.51 2.50

RARELY

1.00 1.50

NEVER OR ALMOST
NEVER

VERBAL DESCRIPTION
The statement is always
or almost always true
for you (around 100%)
The statement is often
true for
you (around 75%)
The statement is
sometimes true for you
(around 50%)
The statement is rarely
true for you (around
25%)
The statement is never
or almost never true for
you (around 0%)

Table 1
The following are the indicators that measures students Academic Achievement.
Academic Achievement
ACADEMIC SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT
Reading
Writing
Speaking Skills
Listening Skills
TOTAL

SCORE

MEANS

DESCRIPTIVE LEVEL

27
30
31
29

3.37
3.75
3.87
3.62

Sometimes
Often
Often
Often

117

3.65

Often

STUDY AND THINKING

SKILLS
Learning Style
Memory
Study Style
Study Skills
Creative And Critical
Thinking Skills
TOTAL
PERSONAL ISSUES
Motivation
Self-Esteem
Personal Relationships
Conflict Resolutions
Health
TOTAL
PLANNING FOR THE
FUTURE
Time Management
Money Management
Personal Purpose
Career Planning

21
22
29
27
25

2.62
2.75
3.62
3.37
3.12

Sometimes
Sometimes
Often
Often
Often

124

3.09

Sometimes

20
18
26
33
21

2.5
2.25
3.25
4.12
2.62

Rarely
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Sometimes

118

2.94

Sometimes

23
32
19
32

2.87
4.00
2.37
4.00

Sometimes
Often
Sometimes
Often

106

3.31

Sometimes

TOTAL
RESOURCE NEEDS
Support Resources

33

4.12

Often

TOTAL

33

4.12
3.42

Often
Sometimes

Table 2
The following are the indicators that measure the Police Recruit competency.
RANGE OF MEANS
1.0 2.9

DESCRIPTIVE LEVEL
UNSATISFACTORY

3.0 4.9

SATISFACTORY

5.0 7.0

SUPERIOR

VERBAL DESCRIPTION
This means that Police recruit
competency is poor
This means that Police recruit
competency is fair
This means that Police recruit
competency is good

Table 2.1
POLICE RECRUIT COMPETENCY

MEAN

DESCRIPTIVE LEVEL

S
APPEARANCE
1. General Appearance

2.3

UNSATISFACTORY

OVER-ALL MEAN
PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE AND POLICE COMMUNITY
RELATIONS
1. Acceptance Of Feedback: Fto/Fto Program
2. Attitude Toward Police Work
3. Respect / Courtesy To Civilians / Pnp Superiors
4. Uphold/ Obey Laws
5. Relationship with Citizens in General
6. Relationship with other ethnic? Foreign Groups
7. Relationship with other PNP Members
8. Rules And RegulationPunctuality And Attendance

2.3

UNSATISFACTORY

3.4
4.3
4.5
4.6
4.5
4.1
4.2
5.5

SATISFACTORY
SATISFACTORY
SATISFACTORY
SATISFACTORY
SATISFACTORY
SATISFACTORY
SATISFACTORY
SUPERIOR

OVER-ALL MEAN
PUNCTUALITY AND ATTENDANCE
1. Report For Duty On Time
2. Completes His/Her Tour Of Duty

4.4

SATISFACTORY

3.5
4.4

SATISFACTORY
SATISFACTORY

OVER-ALL MEAN
KNOWLEDGE

4.0

SATISFACTORY

3.9
4.5

SATISFACTORY
SATISFACTORY

5.0
3.1

SUPERIOR
SATISFACTORY

2.9
6.5

UNSATISFACTORY
SUPERIOR

4.3
7.0

SATISFACTORY
SUPERIOR

4.7

SATISFACTORY

5.1
4.9
5.0
6.0
3.9
4.8
5.4
2.9
4.6
4.1
3.8

SUPERIOR
SATISFACTORY
SUPERIOR
SUPERIOR
SATISFACTORY
SATISFACTORY
SUPERIOR
UNSATISFACTORY
SATISFACTORY
SATISFACTORY
SATISFACTORY

1. Knowledge Of PNP laws, Policies and Procedures

Reflected by Verbal/written/Simulated Testing
Reflected in the field of Performance
2. Knowledge Of Criminal And Special Laws/ Ordinance
Reflected by Verbal/written/Simulated Testing
Reflected in the field of Performance
3. Knowledge Of Traffic Laws, Rules And Ordinances
Reflected by Verbal/written/Simulated Testing
Reflected in the field of Performance
4. Knowledge Of Criminal Procedure
Reflected by Verbal/written/Simulated Testing
Reflected in the field of Performance
OVER-ALL MEAN
PERFORMANCE
1. Driving Skill: Normal Conditions
Driving Skill: Moderate And High Stress Conditions
2. Orientation / Response Time To Calls
3. Routine Forms: Accuracy / Completeness
4. Report Writing; Organization / Details
5. Report Writing; Grammar/ Spelling/Neatness
6. Report Writing; Appropriate Time Used
7. Field Performance: Non Stress Conditions
8. Field Performance: Stress Conditions
9. Investigative Skill
10. Interview / Interrogation Skill

11. Self Initiated Field Activity

12. Officer Safety: General
13. Officer Safety: Suspects, Suspicious Persons And Prisoners
14. Control Of Conflict: Voice Command
15. Control Of Conflict: Physical Skill
16. Problem Solving / Decision Making
17. Radio: Appropriate Use Of Codes / Procedure
18. Traffic Law Enforcement Skill

2.8
4.7
4.1
7.0
5.0
3.4
6.3
4.4

OVER-ALL MEAN

2.9

UNSATISFACTORY
SATISFACTORY
SATISFACTORY
SUPERIOR
SUPERIOR
SATISFACTORY
SUPERIOR
SATISFACTORY
SUPERIOR
UNSATISFACTORY

RELATIONSHIP
1. With Citizens: General
2. With Ethnic Groups Other Than This Own
3. With Other Pnp Members (Specify)
OVER-ALL MEAN
TOTAL SCORE

DISCUSSION

4.9
5.0
6.0

SATISFACTORY
SUPERIOR
SUPERIOR

5.3
3.9

SUPERIOR
SATISFACTORY

Statement of the Problem

This study seeks to determine the Academic Achievement of the Students in Notre Dame of Marbel
University Police competency. Study sought to answer the following questions:
1. What is the level of Academic Achievement of the criminology Students in Notre Dame of Marbel
University in terms of:
1.1. Academic Skills Development
1.2. Study and Thinking Skills
1.3. Personal Issues
1.4. Planning for the Future
1.5. Resource Needs
2. To determine the level of Police Applicant Competency in terms of :
2.1. Appearance
2.2. Punctuality and Attendance
2.3. Professional Attitude and Police Community Relations
2.4. Knowledge
2.6. Performance
2.6. Relationship
3. Is there any significant relationship between Language proficiency of Criminology students in Notre
Dame of Marbel University as basis for Police Applicants Competency?
1.

The (Table 1) measures the level of Academic Achievement of Students in Notre Dame of Marbel
University. The following results described the performance of the students in different aspect that
will thoroughly assess the students performance during school. In (table 1), the result of Academic
Achievement accumulated scores with the mean of (3.42) which has SOMETIMES descriptive level
that the statement is sometimes true or the student practice the following indicators of academic
achievement.

2. In (Table 2) determines the level of Police Recruit Competency. The following survey questions assess the
level of competency of the trainee applying for the Philippine National Police. The researcher founds out
that the level of competency of the police recruit with the over-all mean of (3.9) which means
SATISFACTORY that describe the police competency as FAIR. With this result, it interprets that the level
of competency of PNP recruits is only fair.
3. The last problem determine if theirs significant relationship in Academic Achievement of the student as
basis for Police Recruit Competency. As to the following result of the survey questions, the academic
achievement of the students which have the descriptive level of SOMETIMES, means that the following
questions for Students Performance is sometimes true to them and the Standardized Evaluation Guidelines
for the PNP recruit with the Over-all mean of (3.9) resulted with only fair judgement in the applicants
competency. Therefore, if the academic competency of the student is sometimes practice based on the result

of the survey question, the measurement of the success of the student is just 50%. The results clearly
indicates that the level of academic Achievement of the student is not the basis for police recruit
competency.