A Tracer Study on Senior High School Graduates of Narra District in Narra, Palawan
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This quantitative study was conducted to assess the current status of Senior High School (SHS) graduates of Narra Districts from batches 2018 to 2020. The data were obtained through a researcher-made questionnaire. The responses were treated using descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation.The average age of the respondents was twenty-one years old, majority are female, single. and had taken the academic track. Out of four hundred (400) Senior High School (SHS) graduates-respondents, three hundred seventy-two (372) enrolled in the university and took Education, Engineering, Computer-related, Agriculture, Business, Social Science, Medical-related, and Culinary Arts courses. The remaining number of graduates was distributed to have undergone middle-level skills, landed a job or stayed at home. Graduates of Accountancy and Business Management (ABM), Humanities and Social Science (HUMMS), General Academic Strands (GAS), and Technology Vocational Livelihood (TVL) – Agri-Fishery Arts who pursued college education have enrolled in college courses which are aligned with their Senior High School tracks/Strands were Academic -Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), TVL-Home Economics, and TVL-Information and Communication. Technology were not aligned wit their senior high school tracks/strands. The Senior High School graduates perceived that the acquired skills from their Senior High School education were systems, foundations, interpersonal, thinking, and basic and technology skills, resource and information management. They further perceived that the Senior high School curriculum offers a balanced approach to learning, helps them acquire and master lifelong learning, responds to the community’s needs and prepare individuals for higher education and employment.
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