Employment Status of the Bachelor of Secondary Education Graduates of Guimaras State College - Salvador Campus

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the employment status of Bachelor of Secondary Education (BSEd) graduates of Guimaras State College-Salvador Campus from AY 2006-2007 to 2012-2013. Specifically, this study sought answers to the following questions:
(a) What is the personal profile of the GSC-SC BEEd graduates in terms of sex, civil status, parents’ occupation, average annual income, household size, province of origin?
(b) What is the educational background of the graduates?
(c) What is the current employment status of the respondents?
(d) What is the job transition of the graduates in terms of: reasons for accepting/staying/changing the first job; relatedness of the first job to the course; length of service in the first job; length in finding the first job; job level/position; starting monthly salary; extent of the relevance of the college curriculum to the first job; competencies learned in college that were useful in the first job; availability of secondary or part-time job.

Descriptive research design was used in the study. The respondents of the study were BEEd graduates of Guimaras State College from AY 2006-2007 to 2012-2013. The instrument used was the CHED Standardized Tracer Questionnaire. Since it was already a standardized instrument, no validation and reliability testing was done. The statistical tools used were frequency count, mean and percentages.

Results revealed that majority of the respondents were female and single. Most of the respondents were baccalaureate degree holders. The employment status of the BEEd graduates revealed that majority of them were already employed during the conduct of the study. Only a few landed on a job which is in line with their course but most of them were already regular/permanent in their jobs. As to the length of service and length in finding the first job, it took them 1 month to less than a year. Their starting monthly salaries and wages were still below the poverty income level based on the National Statistical and Coordinating Board within the range 5,000 to less than 10,000 and most of them did not indicate their current monthly salary. The main reason for those who were not employed is because they preferred to attend their family responsibility rather than looking for a job to support their family needs. Furthermore, majority of the respondents’ reason for accepting and changing the job is because of the salaries and benefits. Majority of the BEEd graduates’ first jobs have managerial or executive nature of work which is not in line with their course.

Results further showed that Human Relation and Communication skills were the competencies learned in college that were useful in the first job and most of them have no secondary or part-time jobs.