Personal Entrepreneurial Characteristics of Stand Alone Senior High School in the Province of Cavite

Abstract

The study pursued to determine the personal entrepreneurial characteristics of a stand-alone senior high school in the Province of Cavite. This could be the way how entrepreneurs would instruct the youngsters in entrepreneurial activities and how to guide them to become business-oriented, and be competitive in the future. Specifically, it aimed to find out the demographic characteristics of accountancy, business and management Grade 12 students in terms of age, sex, and monthly income; determine the personal entrepreneurial characteristics; assess the rating of the respondents rating in the following cluster of achievement, planning and power. It also sought to determine the significant difference among Personal Entrepreneurial Characteristics in terms of age, sex, and monthly income. This study made use of the descriptive design as it aimed to describe, assess and provide the insights nearly the personal characteristics of ABM students when it comes to character possess of an entrepreneur. It will give vital information to prefer readiness of ABM students in the Entrepreneurial subject as used to become a successful entrepreneur. This study was limited to 320 ABM students from stand-alone public senior high school in the Province of Cavite. Since it is limited, the complete populations of ABM students were chosen as respondents. The study made use of a checklist type of questionnaire patterned afterEMPRETEC Personal Entrepreneurial Characteristics (PEC). The study used statistical tools to measure, interpret, and analyze the data. Frequency Distributions to determine the profile; Weighted Mean to rank the personal entrepreneurial characteristics of ABM students; to assess the significance difference between sex and PEC, T-Test was used; and to determine significant difference of age and family income to PEC clusters ANOVA was used. It revealed that majority of the respondents ranged the age between 16-17 years old 230 or 71.9 percent, 240 students denote to female group (75%) and only 80 are male (25%). Since the respondents are from public school so majority of monthly income fall to ₱5,001-₱10,000 a month (19.1%). The consolidated frequency distribution of the means of Personal Entrepreneurial Characteristics (PEC) of the respondents almost all of the variables included were proficient means the respondents are all matured and have the skills to be entrepreneur. And finally assess the significant difference of age, sex and family income being correlated to PEC variables as to achievement, planning and power. The result obtained that the difference between personal entrepreneurial characteristics in terms of achievement and sex is not significant at 0.05 percent level. The null hypothesis of no significant difference in the personal entrepreneurial characteristics in terms of achievement according to sex is accepted. This means that there is no difference in PEC and in terms of achievement according to sex. The result was the same as to power being correlated to age except for planning. Other variables including age and income were accepted and associated to Personal Entrepreneurial Characteristics. The stated recommendations include strengthening the skills of the ABM students as to venture in actual business operations, since Entrepreneurship is a core subject taken by the students. ABM students must have hands-on activity to develop further to get involved in business.