Factors affecting the Decline in Enrolment of the Education courses in Guimaras State College

Abstract

This study aimed to find out the factors affecting the decline in enrolment of the Education courses in GSC as perceived by the students during the first semester SY 2006-2007 and sought to answer the following questions:

1. What is the socio-economic status of the respondents;

2. What are the BS degree courses offered at GSC;

3. What is the perception of the students on the employability of their chosen course;

4. What are the available instructional facilities in GSC?

This study focused on the declining enrolment of the Education courses in GSC and the factors which affected such decline during the first semester, SY 2006-2007. The study made use of descriptive design. The respondents of this study were the selected students from first year to fourth year in all courses offered in GSC. The result of the sampling revealed that out of 730 total populations in GSC, there were 258 students who were chosen to be the respondents of the study. On the actual interview, only 240 respondents returned the answered questionnaires. The questionnaire was distributed to the respondents and was collected after they have finished answering it. The statistical tools used were frequency count and percentages.