An Evaluation of the Technical Vocational Livelihood Track in Public Senior High Schools in the Division of Batangas: Basis for an Enhancement Program

Abstract

The establishment of the Senior High School program in the Philippines has put technical vocational education in the limelight. The offering of techvoc education in various schools is aimed at equipping the students with the skills and knowledge needed should they choose middle-level employment after graduation. This study aims to serve as a guide to school administrators for them to effectively implement the program despite the challenges. This study was conducted to evaluate the implementation of the Technical Vocational Livelihood Track in public senior high schools in the Division of Batangas in terms of level of adequacy of inputs, level of compliance with the standards of Department of Education, extent of implementation of processes, and level of satisfaction with outputs. The descriptive-evaluative research design was used in the study. The participants were 36 school heads, 119 TVL teachers, and 375 students of public senior high schools. A self-made survey questionnaire was utilized but interviews and documentary analysis were also conducted to identify the problems met in the implementation. Spearman Rank was used to determine the extent of relationships between and among the variables of the study. The Kruskall Wallis H Test was used to determine the extent of difference among the assessments of the three groups of participants. Inputs in the TVL track was adequate while compliance to DepEd standards was found to be of great extent. The extent of implementation of the processes was found to be very high extent while the level of satisfaction was rated as very satisfied. I Significant relationship was found between level of satisfaction and adequacy of inputs, level of satisfaction and compliance with standards, and level of satisfaction and extent of implementation. In addition, significant difference was found among the evaluation made by the three participants on the adequacy of input, level of compliance, extent of implementation, and level of satisfaction. To further evaluate the effectiveness of the TVL track, the study suggests that future researches concerning employability of techvoc graduates may be conducted.