Family and High School Experience and their Influence on the Career Choice of Grade 10 Students

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study explores the association between the educational plan of Grade 10 students with focus on the business and non-business tracks as dependent variable and the family and school experience as predictor variables.

METHODS

Conducting a cluster sample, two sections of each categorized class sections of high, middle and lower sections responded to the questions. Advisers' records of the students' general point average and NCAE results were gathered to analyze and compare the result on socioeconomic status of the students' family. The questionnaires were ranked on a five-point scale to determine the predictive analytics of socioeconomic variables and its implication to the Senior High School Program.

RESULTS

The study found out that gender and academic achievement are the only two significant factors contributing to predicting the NCAE result. Using multivariate analysis specifically logistic regression done derived the stochastic model estimating the probability of NCAE result and predicts the career choice of track in Senior High School.

DISCUSSIONS

The result recommended that private high schools, private and public universities and colleges, and technical-vocational schools develop motivational strategies and procedures in the Grade 10 level that would emphasize gender and general average as contributory factor in the probability of NCAE result. Moreover, educational institutions should develop adequate fiscal resources available for students' consumption in offering the STEM track, which the study revealed as the first choice of the majority based on the NCAE results.