The Implementation of Work Immersion Program of Senior High School Students in Diffun National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

One of the programs of the Department of Education is the Work Immersion Program Where Senior High School (SHS) students are provided with relevant learning experiences through exposure to the actual workplace setting. On its second year of implementation, the researcher wants to evaluate the desired outcomes to help the learners enhance their technical knowledge, communication skills, work habits, and attitudes that should be acquired. The researcher also wants to know how immersion partners contribute to prepare the students once they leave SHS.

METHODS

The research employed the descriptive type of research design. The primary instrument used in the study is a researcher-constructed questionnaire. The researcher was assisted by his adviser and selected senior high school teachers. The researcher-constructed questionnaire pilot tested to a group of grade 12 students in the school. The result of the pilot test was reviewed and evaluated with Cronbach alpha of 0.816, which indicates very good description on its level of internal consistency.

RESULTS

The students under the Work Immersion Program and the partner supervisor confirmed that the students have met the expectations on working habits, technical knowledge and skills, social skills, and communication skills during their immersion program. They also confirmed that the result of the program was satisfactory. Thus, we can conclude that the work immersion program of Diffun National High School was done in accordance to the provision of Department of Education Order No. 30 s. 2017. There is a significant difference on the level of performance along technical knowledge and skills when the students are grouped by strand and status of assignment. Majority of the them who are not assigned to the office of their career choice did not perform well during the immersion program. Most of them are under the HUMSS strand.

DISCUSSIONS

The results of the study show that it is really necessary to assign students to the office related to their career choice because this will affect their performance. Thus, the researcher of this study highly recommends identifying career choice of students before deploying them. Building partnership with different offices or agencies to serve as partners in the implementation of work immersion program is also necessary.