Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies (PECs) of Technical Vocational Livelihood - Home Economics (TVL-HE) Students in Baybayin National High School

Authors

  • Kimberly Antoni
  • Liezel Garbin

Keywords:

Competencies, Entrepreneurship, Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The implementation of the K-12 Curriculum introduced Entrepreneurship as an applied subject for all the senior high school students and one of its aspects that have been subjected for many researches is personal entrepreneurial competencies. Locket et al. (2013) discussed that entrepreneurial competency includes entrepreneurial traits, motives, attitude, behavior, skill and knowledge. The main objective of the study is to assess the level of personal entrepreneurial competencies of the Technical Vocational Livelihood -Home Economics (TVL-HE) students of Baybayin National High School and also to propose entrepreneurial activities based from the findings of the study.

METHODS

The researchers used the descriptive method of research with adopted questionnaire from the Department of Education-Instructional Materials Council Secretariat (Department of Education-IMCS) as the main data gathering instrument. The statistical tools employed were percentage, weighted mean, frequency and t-test. The respondents of the study were the 62 Grade 12 TVL-HE students of Baybayin National High School.

RESULTS

In terms of the profile of the respondents, most of them were 18 years old and there was an equal number of male and female students in the program. The respondents were also evenly distributed in terms of their sections. Out of the items, I prefer activities that I know well and which I am comfortable, I like to think about the future and to reach my goals, I think of solutions that got the highest mean values of 4.39, 4.20 and 4.02, respectively. On the other hand, my work is better than that of other people I work with which got the mean value of 3.27. It's a waste of time to worry about what to do with your life and I change my mind if others strongly disagree are the statements that got the lowest mean values. It was also found that the age and sex of the students significantly affect their level of personal entrepreneurial competencies.

DISCUSSIONS

Per the findings of the study, the researchers designed entrepreneurial activities that are age-appropriate and gender-sensitive since it was found that these two factors affect their competencies. However, it was further recommended that the developed activities be submitted to authorities for validation and acceptability.

Published

2019-01-18