An Analysis between the Environmental Factors and the Choice of Track the Students in Camp Vicente Lim Integrated School S.Y. 2017-2018

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The Republic Act 10533 or the Enhanced Basic Education Act of2013 aspires to improve learners' basic skills, produce more qualified citizens and fit graduates for life learning and employment. The K-12 programs covers kindergarten and12 years of basic education: six years of primary education;, four years in Junior High School; and two years in Senior High School (SHS), where students will go through a core curriculum and subject under their preferred track including academic, technical vocational and livelihood, arts and design, and sports, (Formoso, 2015). It is a decision that needs caution and serious advisement as the career choice can determine a huge part of the rest of students' life. But there are some environmental factors that affect the career choices of the students, and identifying these factors could give parents, educators, and industries an idea as to where the students place most of their trust in their career selection process (Ambong, 2017).

METHODS

This study used descriptive research design and quantitative analysis. Also, it utilized the survey questionnaires to determine the common track among the four options. The second part used Likert scale and WGA (weighted average mean) to assess the students' response about the six domains or environmental factors such as distance, job demand, family influence, peer influence, school quality, and financial capacity that involved chosen 43 respondents via purposive sampling technique. The study was implemented in the fourth grading period of the school year 2017-2018 at CVLIS.

RESULT

Of the 43 students, 34 or 79% the students preferred to enroll in academic track while 2 and7 who wanted to take arts and design and technical vocational livelihood track respectively, while nobody wanted to enroll in sports track. On the other hand, of the six environmental factors affecting the choice of students, the highest weighted mean is the school quality with3.87, followed by financial capacity with3.60. However, the last two least tracks are the family influence and peer influence with2.36 and 2.16 weighted mean.

DISCUSSIONS

The commonly preferred track of the students in the academic track. The students moderately agreed that environmental factors affect their decisions with a general weighted mean of3.14. This study could help reach students in choosing the track of their own and lessen the mismatch between the skill and the course the students will choose to take.