Technical Vocational Graduates Profileon Competency, Curriculum Exit, Employability and Course Enrolled in College: Basis for Revisiting of Senior High School Track Offered of West Maasim District

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The wealth of the nation depends more on its people, management, and government, than on its natural resources. Education helps to enhance the knowledge based of a nation and therefore it has a vital role to play in shaping the future of a nation. (Gill and Lashine, 2003).The humanistic schools stress the importance of taking the right path into a lifelong career that make them an active, productive partners of growth to the community and the country. The purpose of this study is to examine critically the technical vocational graduates profile relative to competence, employability, and college course enrolled of West Maasim District, MaasimSarangani Province.

METHODS

A purposive research design was used. There were 119 respondents of the total population of three senior high schools of West Maasim District. The study avails the multi -level approach study to find out the Technical -Vocational graduates profile across schools relative to; competency, curriculum exit, track alignment on college course, career or employability alignment.

RESULTS

The result of the study yielded that there is a significant difference on the profile of students' across schools relative to competency, curriculum exits, track alignment on college while on career or employability alignment, there is no significant difference across schools.

DISCUSSIONS

With the results presented, it shows that there is no significant relationship between the track offered of the three senior high school relative to competency, course enrolled in college. Thus, there is a need to revisit the track offered of the three senior high schools in West Maasim District and should offer

Academic Track specifically HUMMS and GAS.