Leon Guinto Memorial College, Inc. Senior High School Department

Leon Guinto Memorial College, Inc.
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Senior High School Department
FACTORS AFFECTING SCHOOL CHOICE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. A
BASIS FOR A PROPOSAL CAREER GUIDANCE PLAN
A Research Paper
Presented to the Senior High School Department
General Academics Strand
Leon Guinto Memorial College, Inc.
Atimonan, Quezon
In partial fulfillment for Practical Research II
Villamonte, Cyrus O.
Solomon, Arra Joy G.

Leon Guinto Memorial College, Inc. 1
Chapter I
PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING
Introduction
Education is a crucial aspect of one's life. It is the key to future success and a
plethora of options in life. It brightens a person's intellect and thoughts, for example.
Education in a particular field helps people think, feel, and act in ways that contribute to
their success and improve not only their personal happiness but also their community's. It
also helps people prepare for life's challenges. Students achieve a unique significance in
their own environment and wherever they live as a result of it.
Any society has the right to expect its citizens to make positive and constructive
contributions. When given the chance, private schooling plays a key part in meeting this
goal. Private schools focus on generating productive individuals who contribute
considerably to the larger well-being of their societies, in addition to creating students
with good academic backgrounds.

The process of collecting knowledge and information that leads to a successful
future is known as education. As previously stated, having a decent career, having a
decent social status, and having self-confidence are all benefits of having an education.
Education teaches us to perceive challenges as opportunities to overcome fear and try
new things. It is the guiding factor behind successful people and the achievements of
industrial countries. As a result, education is seen as a true success factor in any future
success.
Background of the Study
The researchers intended to study A Basis For a proposed Career Guidance Plan.
The researchers chose Leon Guinto Memorial College, Inc. as the place for their study
since there are some parents that might be interested along these matters.
Researchers indicates the satisfaction level of parents in choosing school for their
child, the current study shows that parents are more likely to enroll their child to private
school as there is advantages that exceeds the parents’ expectations.

Statement of the Problem
This study aimed to determine the Basis for a proposed career guidance plan in
Atimonan Quezon.
Specially, it sought to answer the question:
1. Demographic Profile of the respondents
1.1 Age
1.2 Monthly income
1.3 Location
2. What are the factors affecting school choice of the respondents in terms of:
2.1 Academic Factors
2.2 Environmental Factors
2.3 Financial Factors
Significance of the Study
The study was conducted on purpose that can give benefits especially the people
who are the target of the study. The study can give awareness, information, and
knowledge to beneficiaries about parents in choosing private school for the study of their
senior high school son/daughter. The beneficiaries for this study would be:
The parents who are the main target of study. It will give an idea about what factor
greatly affect their decision making in selecting a private school as educational institution
of their children.
The teachers will be aware about the expectations of the parents. They will obtain
recommendation to assess the parents’ factor in selecting private schools.
The study will inform the administration School about the parents’ problems that affects
in selecting private. Also, they have authority that can generate a program to assess those
problems in order to create a resolution.
This study will improve and strengthen the relationship with the community, knowing
what parents’ decision and what factors greatly affect their decision making.
Lastly, in this research, the researcher & future researcher can achieve importance and
knowledge of what factor greatly affect parents’ decision making in selecting private
school. Researcher could enhance study engagement strategy, skills and understanding.
Scope and Delimitation of the Study

This study is focused on A Basis For a proposed Career Guidance Plan on Leon
Guinto Memorial College, Inc. in Atimonan Quezon wherein the respondents are limited
to the parents of the Grade 12-GAS students of Leon Ginto Memorial College S.Y 2021-
2022
Definition of Terms
To clear understanding, the researcher defined to following terms which are
related to this study:
Family Income- The combined gross income of all the members of a household who are
15 years old and older. This figure is taken from the parents’ word as they answer
question four of the Private School Parental questionnaire completed by parents of
private schooled students.
Financial Subsidy- A subsidy or government incentive is a form of financial aid or
support extended to an economic sector(business, or individual) generally with the aim of
promoting economic and social policy

Learning Environment-A learning environment is a space where the resources, time,
and reasons are available to a group of people to nurture, support, and value their learning
of a limited set of information and idea
School Choice-Known as educational choice, is defined by Good and Braden (2000) as
the freedom for families to send their children to educational settings other than the one
public school within their attendance zone
Chapter II
REVIEW OF RELATED STUDIES AND LITERATURE
Doran (2017) point out that the “significant increase support for public schools is
encouraging” according to Weingarten’s statement, in apparent reference to finding that
the percentage of Americans who believe that public schools provide a “good” or
“excellent” education is up 7 percent from 2012.
Parental choice of schools has been a hot political issue for more than a decade. Choice is
a rather amorphous term describing a situation in which parents can choose the schools
for their children attend regardless of where they live.

Moreover, the intent of choice is to expand opportunities for all children to receive high
quality education, we researchers must consider whether choice programs would, or even
could, result in decreasing rather than increasing social stratification in schooling.
Schneider, J. (2017) added that perception also shapes the decisions people make about
where to enroll their children. If the quality of public education is generally poor, then
parents must compete for a small number of adequate schools – a competition that will be
won by those with the greatest access to resources.
(Khan, et al., 2015) in the process of learning, students, teachers, parents and institute
have their own importance. Especially family plays an important role in the academic
achievement and development of a child. The characteristics of a family such as
education, income, occupation and beliefs have an impact on the performance of child.
Reliable research studies indicate that parent’s socio-economic status is the best predictor
of student academic achievement.
Research Paradigm
INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT
A BASIS
Proposed

1. Profiling
2. Survey
3. Data
Analysis
Figure 1. This Research Paradigm defines input, process and output of this study.
Figure 1 shows the discussion of A Basis For a proposed Career Guidance Plan where
the parents of the Grade 12 GAS in the said school are the source of information. The
Input shows the Basis For a proposed Career Guidance Plan while the process consists
of the profiling, survey, and data analysis of the study, lastly, the output shows the
proposed Career Guidance Plan.
Chapter III
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the methods utilized by the researchers in conducting the
study. This includes the research design, research locale, population, research
instruments, data gathering procedure and treatment of data.
Locale of the study
The locale of the study will be Leon Guinto Memorial College, Inc. Because the
respondents of the study are the parents of the Grade 12-GAS students of Leon Guinto
Memorial College, Inc.
Research Design
In this study, the researchers will use descriptive type of research since it
aims to describe the Factors Affecting School Choice of Senior High School Parents
on Choosing Private School
Respondents
The respondents of the study are the parents of the Grade 12 students
under the General Academics Strand. The researcher will use a purposive sampling
approach in identifying the student dancers that will be the respondents in this study.
Research Instrument
The researcher will use a questionnaire as an instrument in conducting
the study in which this questionnaire contains questions that will serve as data for
analyzing the basis for a proposed guidance plan in Leon Guinto Memorial College,
Inc. The instrument will aim to gather information about the respondents in terms of
their age, sex, location, and financial subsidy. The research questionnaire will be
gathered from the internet and will be modified according to the nature of the study
wherein the respondents will put a check on the column of their choice, after
gathering necessary data the result will be tabulated using weighted mean and
percentage.
Data Gathering and Procedure
Due to the pandemic the researchers will make a google form that contains
their questions and deploy it to their target respondents through messenger. The data
that the researchers need are from a total of 38 parents from Grade 12 students of
General Academics Strand at Leon Guinto Memorial College Inc. The survey
questionnaire will be collected afterwards. After the collection of data, analysis of
the responses will be done in order to process the information obtain from the
parents.
Statistical Treatment
The researchers used the percentage and weighted mean in determining the
frequency of effects on Grade 12 students of General Academics Strand at Leon
Guinto Memorial College, Inc.
1. Percentage
A Percentage describes how many parts there are out of one hundred parts of a
particular thing. This will be used the profile of parents of the students on choosing the
private school of Leon Guinto Memorial College, Inc.
f
P= X 100
N
Where:
P = percentage
f = frequency
N = total number of respondents
2. Weighted Mean
Mean will be used to analyze and interpret the general data.
4 f +3 f +2 f +1 f
WM=
N
Where:
WM = Weighted Mean
f = frequency
N = total number of respondents
The following Likert scale will be utilized to interpret and analyze the computed
data.
Table 1
LIKERT SCALE
Point Scale Range Interval Description Description

Analysis
4 3.26-4.00 Strongly Agree SA
3 2.51-3.25 Agree A
2 1.76-2.50 Disagree D
1 1.00-1.75 Strongly Disagree SD

Sample Questionnaire
Personal information
Name (Optional)_____________________________________________
Kind of Education :
Public school ( ) Private school ( )
Your estimated monthly family income
Under P5,000 ( )
Between P5,000- P10,000 ( )
Between P10,000 – P15,000 ( )
Between P16,000 – P20,000 ( )
Between P20,000-P25,000 ( )
Between P25,000-P30,000 ( )
More than 30000 ( )
Highest education level of parent or guardian (either father or mother )

(Please tick one box only)
Primary school level ( )
Secondary school level ( )
Technical Vocational level ( )
Bachelor/College level ( )
Post-graduate level ( )
Doctorate level ( )
Ages
From 30 -35 years ( )
From 36-40years ( )
From 41-45years ( )
From 46-50years ( )
More than 51 years ( )
This section seeks to measure the academic factors which you prioritize when
making a choice about which school to send your children to. It includes, teachers,
the relationship between the teachers and students, curriculum, and the use of
technology.
Please put a / in the □ of your choice:
1=Strongly Disagree, 2=Disagree, 3=Agree, 4=Strongly Agree
A. Academic factors
No. Strongly Agree Disagree Strongly
Agree Disagree
1 The education offered to
students at our school is of high
quality.
2 The school is doing a good job

teaching
3 The teaching strategies used at

this school are innovative.
4 Teachers are efficient (well

prepared and highly qualified)
5 Teachers challenge students to

do their best work.
6 The school is preparing

students to deal with issues and
the problems they will face in
the future
7 Teachers use a variety of

teaching strategies and learning
activities to help students learn
8 Teachers use advanced

technology to deliver
knowledge to students, such as
computers, smart boards,
projectors.
9 Teachers at our school treated

my child fairly
10 Teachers are friendly and

sincere with students.
11 Class size at our school is

appropriate for effective
learning
12 Student numbers in classrooms

are ideal
13 The reputation of the school is

excellent
B- The relationship between the parents and school

The section measures the relationship between the parents and school
No Strongly Agree Disagre Strongly

Agree e Disagree
1 The school provides sufficient

opportunities for parents
involvement in the school
development
2 Parents are invited to the school

frequently.
3 Parents co-operate with the

school administration.
4 The school uses technology to

provide parents with information
about the progress of students at
the school
5 Parents’ opinions are considered

when important decisions are
made
Convenience Factors
This section seeks to measure the priority you assign to convenience factors when
making a choice about the appropriate school to send your children to.
A. School facilities
No Strongly Agree Disagree Strongly

Agree Disagree
1 The classrooms have a good
environment (enough lights,
comfortable tables and nice
carpet. Air conditioning)
2 The school has computer
services
3 The school has good internet
services
4 The school has good library
services.
5 The school has good indoor
games facilities.
6 The school has outdoor game
facilities
https://ccps.qld.edu.au/blog/post/key-factors-influencing-parents-choice-of-school-for-
their-children
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1105167.pdf
https://hydra.hull.ac.uk/assets/hull:13219a/content

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FACTORS AFFECTING SCHOOL CHOICE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. A

BASIS FOR A PROPOSAL CAREER GUIDANCE PLAN

Presented to the Senior High School Department

General Academics Strand

Leon Guinto Memorial College, Inc.

In partial fulfillment for Practical Research II

Solomon, Arra Joy G.

PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING

their own environment and wherever they live as a result of it.

goal. Private schools focus on generating productive individuals who contribute

considerably to the larger well-being of their societies, in addition to creating students

with good academic backgrounds.

The process of collecting knowledge and information that leads to a successful

future is known as education. As previously stated, having a decent career, having a

Education teaches us to perceive challenges as opportunities to overcome fear and try

Background of the Study

school as there is advantages that exceeds the parents’ expectations.

Statement of the Problem

Specially, it sought to answer the question:

1. Demographic Profile of the respondents

1.2 Monthly income

2.1 Academic Factors

2.2 Environmental Factors

2.3 Financial Factors

Significance of the Study

recommendation to assess the parents’ factor in selecting private schools.

problems in order to create a resolution.

Scope and Delimitation of the Study

To clear understanding, the researcher defined to following terms which are

related to this study:

question four of the Private School Parental questionnaire completed by parents of

private schooled students.

Financial Subsidy- A subsidy or government incentive is a form of financial aid or

support extended to an economic sector(business, or individual) generally with the aim of

promoting economic and social policy

Learning Environment-A learning environment is a space where the resources, time,

of a limited set of information and idea

School Choice-Known as educational choice, is defined by Good and Braden (2000) as

public school within their attendance zone

REVIEW OF RELATED STUDIES AND LITERATURE

encouraging” according to Weingarten’s statement, in apparent reference to finding that

“excellent” education is up 7 percent from 2012.

for their children attend regardless of where they live.

could, result in decreasing rather than increasing social stratification in schooling.

won by those with the greatest access to resources.

achievement and development of a child. The characteristics of a family such as

of student academic achievement.

INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

Leon Guinto Memorial College, Inc. 8

instruments, data gathering procedure and treatment of data.

Locale of the study

Memorial College, Inc.

on Choosing Private School

The researcher will use a questionnaire as an instrument in conducting

Data Gathering and Procedure

questionnaire will be collected afterwards. After the collection of data, analysis of

frequency of effects on Grade 12 students of General Academics Strand at Leon

Guinto Memorial College, Inc.

private school of Leon Guinto Memorial College, Inc.

N = total number of respondents

Mean will be used to analyze and interpret the general data.