The Technical Skills of Senior High School Teachers: its Relevance to the Technical: Vocational Livelihood (TVL) Track

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The rapid pace of globalization pressures nations to be competitive in order to survive. This ushers the freer permeability of human resources among countries. While it poses as a huge challenge to the survival of Filipino workforce in the global market, it yields various opportunities. This challenge pushes for the continuing development and replenishment of manpower in order to ensure that there are workers of the right quality for jobs that are made available at any given instance. This study aims to assess the Technical Skills of SHS and their relevance to the Track Offer.

METHODS

The descriptive-: evaluative-: correlational method of research with documentary analysis was used in this study. The teachers handling TVL Track accomplished the rating scale. Frequency count, percentage, rank, weighted mean, Kendal Coefficient of Concordance W, chi square were used to treat the data statistically.

RESULTS

SHS teachers are holders of NCs and TMs, graduates of Bachelor's Degree, majority are Teacher I, and newly hired. The public SHS in the 5th district offers various strands in the TVL track. These include (HE), (ICT), (AFA), and (IA). The SHS teachers possess technical skills on the use of facilities, entrepreneurship, NCs, TMs, other techvoc skills which are much relevant to the track offerings in SHS. The extent of SHS teachers' technical skills in developing the skills of the students in preparation for their future career was considered evident. Some of these are preparing the students to compete in increasingly global job market, increasing students' competence and workmanship, ensuring that the graduates will become highly employable. The SHS teachers had encountered problems specifically on the availability of SHS textbooks and other learning materials.

DISCUSSIONS

Teachers who have NC should be a requirement if the teachers will handle TVL Track such as (HE), (ICT), (AFA), and s (IA). The teachers should work comfortably with relevant technologies, incorporate technology into lessons, utilize tools and equipment for practical lessons, and they have to use various software programs efficiently that are required in a particular environment. The ability of the SHS teachers to enhance students' ethical, moral, and spiritual values and utilization of initiatives and self-: direction to develop the needed skills of the students related to the TVL courses or strands are vital.