Factors Affecting Track Preference of Grade 10 Students of Nagpayong High School S.Y. 2018-2019

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The main objective of this study was to determine the extent of the influence of the factors affecting track preference of Grade 10 students of Nagpayong High School S.Y. 2018-2019.

METHODS

The theoretical framework used was Donald Super's Career Development Theory and John Holland's Theory of Career Choice. The study utilized the descriptive quantitative method. The study seeks to see if the given five factors such as personality, parents or relatives, personal interest, job opportunities, and school environment were significant factors influencing the track preference of the Grade 10 respondents. The adopted survey questionnaire was the main instrument to gather the data from 324 Grade, 10 respondents. The statistical tool employed was Statistical Product and Service Solution (SPSS software version 20). Percentage and weighted mean were also employed.

RESULTS

The results showed that majority of the Grade 10 students' parents are high school graduates. Most of the fathers are blue-collar workers while their mothers are housewives.A large number of Grade 10 students belong to the low-class family. Majority of Grade 10 students preferred Academic Track, specifically, the Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS) Strand. School environment got the highest grand weighted mean which very much influenced among the five factors to the students' track preference.

DISCUSSIONS

A career guidance program in Nagpayong High School for those Grade 10 students is to be developed to provide students awareness of their personality, interests, strengths, and weakness, among others. From that, the guidance counselor can provide support towards orientation and choice of track, a precursor towards pursuing chosen careers. Track course options for career high school students are to be provided to the students as early as possible so that they will not be misled with the information that they will acquire in choosing their future career. A competency-based curriculum that responds to the industry`s needs is to be implemented so that students are guided in their career choice. The educational seminar must be developed so that the students may know essential information regarding career, annual incomes, personal information awareness and the like.