Effects of Working While Studying for BEED Graduating Students at Bestlink College of the Philippines

Vol.3, No.1C

Abstract

Student jobs have become a sort of trend among students around the world who want to work while studying. One of the basic reasons why a student's job is popular among students is not all parents can support their children financially. So, the students must find a way to support themselves in their education. However, these students commonly encounter many problems with their work and studies. The corresponding workloads and required working hours of working students affect their class performance. Working while attending school creates time shortages, and the students require highly developed time management skills to handle school and work. In connection with this, the researchers desired to determine the problems the working students encountered in coping with their academic tasks. More so, this study is intended to determine the effects of the challenges to the academic preparedness of the BEED graduating students working while studying at Bestlink College of the Philippines. The result of this study aims to provide recommendations and guidelines not only to working students to improve their academic achievement but also to teachers and schools.

A descriptive method was used in conducting this study. Thirty (30) graduating Bachelor of Elementary Education who are working students responded to the survey questionnaire to determine the problem they encountered and its effect on their academic preparedness. A purposive sampling technique was used to gather all the needed data through a survey questionnaire.