Extent of Readiness of State Universities and Colleges Faculty after the First Batch of Graduates of K to 12 Education Program

Abstract

This is a quantitative correlation study-based research evaluating the teacher’s perception on the readiness of State Universities and Colleges (SUC) in Region VIII after the first batch of graduates of the K-12 Basic Education Program. The respondents of this study were 305 college faculty members who were randomly selected from (6) State University and Colleges of Region 8 namely: University of Eastern Philippines (UEP), Northwest Samar State University (NWSSU), Eastern Samar State University (ESSU), Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU), Naval State University (NVU) and Southern Leyte State University (SLSU). Percentage and mean were used to obtain primary data. Pearson r was used to correlate the independent and the dependent variables. The level of significance was set at 0.05 for accepting and rejecting the null hypothesis.