CORRELATES TO CAREER PREFERENCE OF GRADUATING STUDENTS
OF THE CLSU SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL

submitted by:

CHERYL ANN P. GALVEZ

to:

Dr. Arneil G. Gabriel

In partial fulfillment of the requirements in Research Methodology for Public Administration PA 213
SY 2014-2015 2nd sem
CORRELATES TO CAREER PREFERENCE OF GRADUATING STUDENTS
OF THE CLSU SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL

INTRODUCTION
Education is often regarded as passport to social mobility. This simply means that education can pave the way to an individual’s better and promising future. This is the very reason why the Philippine Constitution provides for at least free formal basic education, more particularly in public schools Formal basic education under the new educational system in the country is now popularly known as K-12, which begins with the kindergarten and proceeds to 12 years in the elementary and secondary level. Unlike the old educational system which emphasized the value of a college degree before employment, the new program which begun to be implemented in 2014, hopes to equip every learner who graduates after senior high school (Grade 12) with the opportunity for improved employment and entrepreneurship while ensuring that the high school graduate has the needed competencies to pursue a college degree either immediately or at some later stage (Luistro, 2012). Students who will be finishing their high school education under the new educational program may therefore be better enlightened as to what college degree to pursue after graduation, or if they so decide to immediately work, will have more opportunities as their technical skills are better honed. But what about the last batch of high school graduates under the old educational system? In particular, the graduating students of the Central Luzon State University Science High School. What considerations do they usually take into