Immersion Program for Enhancing Work Preparedness of TVL Senior High School Students in the Province of Laguna

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The Department of Education (Department of Education) Order No. 40, series 2015, strengthens the management of work immersion program through entering into partnerships and industry linkages with different groups in the field of work immersion opportunities for public Senior High School (SHS) students through the use of facilities and equipment, additional training opportunities, and additional resources in the form of donations The focus of this study lead to the significant relationship of immersion program for enhancing work preparedness of technical vocational and livelihood senior high school students in the Province of Laguna. This study aimed to determine the relationships of the immersion program for enhancing work preparedness of Technical-Vocational Livelihood (TVL) senior high school students in the Province of Laguna.

METHODS

The study used correlational descriptive analysis such as the mean and standard deviation to describe the relationship between work immersion program in terms of partnership and industry linkages to the work preparedness or competences of purposely elected TVL senior high students in the Province of Laguna. The study utilized the Spearman's rank correlation of coefficient rho to determine the significant relationship between the work immersion program and work preparedness among TVL Senior High School students in the Province of Laguna.

RESULTS

Based on the result, the majority of the variables under the work preparedness were statistically significant and have a strong correlation to work immersion program. Likewise, the relationship between work immersion program and evaluating the work immersion experience was "partially sustained" and the null hypothesis stating that there is no significant relationship between work immersion and work preparedness is "failed to reject". Therefore, there was a significant correlation between the work immersion program and work preparedness among the Technical Vocational and Livelihood Senior High School students in the Province of Laguna. Similarly, the results were supported by similar findings of the National Center on Education and the Economy (2007) which stated that American high school students should be headed in long working hours and exposed in the work readiness program just to make them ready compete in the job market.

DISCUSSIONS

Comparable to Taylor's theoretical perspective, the increasing efficiency of the workman scientifically would increase not only the opportunity for more work, but also the real wealth of the world, happiness, and all manner of worthwhile improvements in the life of the working person (Flores, 2015). Thus, the real work experience could be of great help to the lifelong learning of the learners. The Senior High School coordinator should make a necessary review and repeal the required days and hours indicated in the curriculum or work immersion course guide regarding the actual immersion of the senior high school students in the workplace. Additional hours for the work immersion among the senior high school students to enhance the work experience and preparedness.