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A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School

of the Bulacan State University

City of Malolos, Bulacan

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In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree

Master of Arts in Education, Major in Major

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by:

FIRSTNAME M. LASTNAME

Month 2017
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In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in

Education major in Major Major, this thesis entitled “THESIS-TITLE THESIS-

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hereby recommended for final examination.

ADVISER A. ADVISER, Ph.D.

Adviser

Approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts

in Education major in Major Major, by the Examination Committee.

ROLANDO R. GASPAR, Ph.D.

Chairman

CRITIC C. CRITIC, Ph.D. MEMBER M. MEMBER, Ed.D.

Critic Member

Accepted and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

Master of Arts in Education major in Major Major.

ROLANDO R. GASPAR, Ph.D.

Dean, Graduate School
Month 2017
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE Page

APPROVAL SHEET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

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DEDICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
LIST OF TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
LIST OF FIGURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
LIST OF APPENDICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
CHAPTER
I. THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
Introduction . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Statement of the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Significance of the Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Scope and Delimitations of the 9

Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
II. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Relevant Theories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Related Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Related Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Conceptual Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Hypotheses of the 47
Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Definition of 48

Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
IV. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Methods and Techniques of the Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Population and Sample of the Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Research Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Data Gathering Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Data Processing and Statistical Treatment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

V. PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

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 Part I - Presentation
Part I - Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Part II - Presentation
Part II - Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Part III - Presentation

Part III - 82
Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part IV - Presentation
Part IV - 84
Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Problems Met and

Solutions Offered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Proposed Program/Curriculum Enrichment

Technology129
Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

VI. SUMMARY OF FIDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Summary of Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

APPENDICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

CURRICULUM VITAE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

LIST OF TABLES

Table Page
1 Respondents of the Study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
2 Summary Distribution of Task/Jobs of the Student-Interns. . . . . . . . 60
3 Distribution of Different IT Technical Skills across Industry
Partners at Bulacan State University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

4 Distribution of Different Non-Technical Skills across Industry

Partners at Bulacan State University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

5 Distribution of Different IT Technical Skills across Industry

Partners at Don Honorio Ventura Technological

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6 Distribution of Different Non-Technical Skills across Industry

Partners at Don Honorio Ventura Technological
State University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

7 Distribution of Different IT Technical Skills across Industry

Partners Tarlac State University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

8 Distribution of Different Non-Technical Skills across Industry

Partners at Tarlac State University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

9 Descriptive Measures of the Level of Competency of the Student-

Interns In terms of Job-Related Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

10 Descriptive Measures of the Level of Competency of the Student-

Interns in terms of Work Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

11 Descriptive Measures of the Level of Competency of the Student-

Interns In terms of Interpersonal Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

12 Summary Table of the Level of Competency of the

Student-Interns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

13 Analysis of Variance of the Significant Differences in the

Student-Interns Level of Competencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure Page
1 Schematic Diagram of the Conceptual Framework
of the Study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

2 Clustered Bar Chart of the Task/Jobs Assigned

to Student-Interns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

3 Subjects offered for First Year - First Semester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

4 Subjects offered for First Year - Second Semester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
5 Subjects offered for Second Year - First Semester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

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7 Subjects offered for Third Year - First Semester

(Specialization Track A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

8 Subjects offered for Third Year - Second Semester

(Specialization Track A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

9 Subjects Offered for Fourth Year - First Semester

(Specialization Track A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

10 Subjects Offered for Fourth Year - Second Semester

(Specialization Track A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

11 Subjects offered for Third Year - First Semester

(Specialization Track B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

12 Subjects Offered for Third Year - Second Semester

(Specialization Track B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

13 Subjects offered for Fourth Year - First Semester

(Specialization Track B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

14 Subjects offered for Fourth Year - First Semester

(Specialization Track B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix Page
A Letter to the Dean of the College of Information
and Communications Technology –BulSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

B Letter to the Dean of the College of Computing Studies

at DHVTSU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

C Letter to the Dean of the College of Computer Studies

at TSU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

D Letter to the BSIT Student-interns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

E Letter to the Immediate Supervisor of the
Industry Partners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

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F BulSU – CICT Performance Evaluation Instrument. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

G Industry Partners Interview Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

H Plagiarism Free Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

I Certificate of Grammar Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

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