Career preferences of high school junior students of Baguio Colleges Foundation school year 1982-1983

Abstract

The study is intended to investigate the career preferences of the high-school junior students of Baguio Colleges Foundation enrolled during the school year 1982-1983. This will include the relationship of their expressed interests, aptitude, intelligence and age on their career preferences. Specifically, this study shed light on the following problems: 1. What are the career preferences of the junior high school students for school year 1982-1983? -- 2. What are the aptitude levels of the junior high school students for school year 1982-1983? -- 3. What are the courses suitable to the aptitude level of junior high school students for school year 1982-1983? -- 4. Are the expressed interests of junior high school students for school year 1982-1983 congruent with their inventoried interests? -- 5. Are the inventoried interests congruent with their aptitude? -- 6. What is the intelligence quotient of the junior high school students for school year 1982-1983? -- 7. Does any relationship exist between chosen aptitude factors (Verbal, Pilipino, Numeric, Verbal English) and the grades on corresponding academic subjects (English, Pilipino, Mathematics)? -- 8. Does any difference exist between the aptitude of males and females? -- 9. Do male responses differ from female responses with respect to career preferences? -- 10. Does age have any significant relationship on the congruence of aptitude and interest? This study will test the following hypotheses: 1. The career preferences of junior high school students are geared towards the academic and non-academic degree programs. 2. The courses suitable to the aptitude level of junior high school students for school year 1982-1983 are academic degree programs and non-academic. 3. The aptitude level of the junior high school students falls above the mean of 500. 4. There is no significant difference between the expressed and inventoried interest of junior high school students for school year 1982-1983. 5. There is no significant relationship between the inventoried interest and aptitude of junior high school students for school year 1982-1983. 6. There is no significant difference between the I.Q of males and females among the junior high school students for school year 1982-1983. 7. There is no significant relationship between chosen aptitude factors (Verbal Pilipino, Numeric, Verbal English) and the grades in corresponding academic subjects (Pilipino, Mathematics, English). 8. There is no significant difference between the aptitude of males and females. 9. There is no significant difference between the career preferences of males and females in the third year high school curriculum for school year 1982-1983. 10. There is no significant relationship between age and the congruence of aptitude and interest.