LET Performance of Teacher Education Graduates of UCC

Abstract

Passing the Licensure Examination for Teachers is an indication of quality education offered by the Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) in the country. In response to the call for academic excellence, this retrospective analysis was done to analyze the results of the performance of the Bachelor of Secondary Education (BSED) and Bachelor of Elementary Education (BEED) graduates of Union Christian College for the past five years through documentary analysis and descriptive correlational research. This study is a retrospective research analysis that analyzed the performance of the LET Performance of Union Christian College for the last five (5) years. Documentary data from the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) was used as its main data to analyze. Triangulation was made through interviews of alumni representatives were done to further strengthen the results of the study. Over-all, it was found out that the LET performance of the Teacher Education graduates of UCC for the past five (5) years for both first takers and re-takers has a rating of highly satisfactory performance for both BEED and BSED. More specifically, the said performance of the BEED in both professional and general education areas was also highly satisfactory. In the same manner, the BSED also has a rating of highly satisfactory performance for the professional, general education, and major areas. Moreover, the ratings of the institution for the past five years were higher compared with the national ratings. However, upon analyzing the data, it is evident that the performance of the first takers has a rating of moderately satisfactory performance while re-takers have fairly satisfactory performance only. The results of the study imply that the college meets the mandate of competencies for professional teachers, thus, meets the demand for quality teachers for the Basic Education Curriculum. On the other hand, re-takers do not exhibit the same performance. Items in the said examination usually consist of questions which might need enough credentials and training in teacher education courses. Not to generalize, but these re-takers may have had difficulty in synthesizing and evaluating some of the questions relative to teaching-learning. It has been the predicament and tight spot, not only by UCC but also by other TEIs. It is for this purpose that the college would like to design a review program for the teacher education students, which will also be opened for re-takers.