In their study Untong,B.

S (2018-2019) ‘The Impactof Kto 12 Work Immersion Program to the

Basic Employability Skills and Attitude of Grade 12 Students of Nagpayong Senior High School’.
The purpose of the study is to establish a foundation for an action plan for the school year
2018–2019 by assessing the impact of the K–12 Work Immersion Program on the fundamental
employability skills and attitude of grade 12 students at Nagpayong Senior High School.
Students who lack training and preparedness have less opportunities to land the occupations
they want.

According to Asia Foundation (2018) Work Immersion: ‘Real World Experience at Senior High’. Youth
unemployment in the Philippines impedes real economic growth. They are at a disadvantage due to a
lack of knowledge, abilities, and job experience in the field. The Department of Education's Senior High
School (SHS) program, which was made possible by the K–12 education reform, is one strategy to deal
with problem. The work immersion program, one of its components, gives students "actual workplace"
experience and a set of technical-vocational and livelihood skills that can assist them in making better

career decisions and enhancing their employment prospects. In order to solve policy gaps in the SHS
Work Immersion program, the Coalitions for Change (CfC) program worked cooperatively with local,
state, and federal governments, as well as businesses. As of now, the intervention is successful, as
evidenced by the high passing rate of National Certification exams for specializations relevant to tourism
and the immediate employment of some graduates.

In their study, According to Acut, D ,Curaraton, E. ,Latonio, G, and Latonio R. (2019). ‘Work immersion
performance appraisal and evaluation of Grade 12 STEM students in science and technology-based
industries’. Due to a mismatch between job requirements and skill sets, a lack of knowledge and skill
development, and a lack of work experience, young unemployment in the Philippines continues to
impede real economic growth. The Department of Education's (DepEd) K–12 Program added two (2)
years of senior high school as a solution to the issue, which benefits pupils by allowing them to start
developing practical skills in middle school. The K–12 Basic Education Program aims to help students
acquire the skills, work ethic, and values necessary for continuing their education or entering the
workforce. Twenty-five (25) Grade 12 STEM strand students who were exposed to science and
technology-based companies participated in this study. During the eighty (80) hour work immersion,
students completed various duties that were delegated to them by the supervisors of the partner
university. The supervisors for each student examined their performance review and evaluation. The
findings indicated that the majority of the pupils were rated outstanding and that their work exceeded
the necessary threshold. According to the positive learning outcomes, work immersion helps students
learn and improve the following skills: teamwork, communication, punctuality, productivity, resilience,
initiative, proactivity, judgment, dependability, attitude, and professionalism. Also, the students saw
their experiences as a chance to put themselves to the test and use what they had learned in a situation
outside of the classroom where they could not only put their prior training to use but also get a taste of
the social interactions that take place at work. Their interactions with organizations that offered science-
based job immersion helped students develop a variety of abilities and morals that would be useful
when they left high school and entered the workforce.

According to Castillo R. III, (2019) ‘Assessment of Work Immersion Program at Bolbok Integrated
National High School’. Several initiatives have been introduced since the K–12 curriculum was created,
particularly at the Senior High School level. The work immersion program is one of them. Since the
program was just two years old, schools had to learn by doing with its implementation. Based on these
facts, program evaluation is essential to meeting students' learning needs and enhancing the current
program. The majority of responses from the three methods found that: 1) partner institutions offer
aligned experiences in their chosen field of college study; 2) positive proximity of the work immersion
venue from home is needed; 3) minimal threats to the program were found; and 4) the allotted time for
work immersion is a common weakness. According to the findings, there is room for improvement in the
following areas: 1) crowded immersion area due to the number of immersion and OJT students
accommodated per venue; 2) length of work immersion hours per track; and 3) conflicts between
academic class requirements and work immersion schedule.

In their study, Nauser J, (2019) ‘Students' experiences of clinical immersion in operating room and
emergency department’ The nursing shortage in the United States is particularly severe in specialty
areas like the operating room and emergency care. In these specialist units, recruitment and retention
are difficult, which may be in part because of little or no experience throughout nursing school. The
direction of this study was determined by Kolb's theory of experiential learning. The goal was to learn
more about the experiences and intentions of students who had taken a practical immersion course in
an emergency department or operating room. Six students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing
program took part in a five-week course that had 80 hours of clinical practicum and 10 hours of web-
based instruction. The course's goals were to define the role and duties of nurses in the speciality field,
examine the standards and suggested procedures set forth by the specialist professional organization,
and work together with the specialty field's healthcare team to deliver safe, high-quality treatment.
Transcripts from focus groups and students' weekly reflections were analyzed thematically. According to
the project's findings, exposing kids to a speciality field may be the first step in addressing the shortage
in these fields.