Academic and On the Job Training Performance of Business Administration Students of STI West Negros University

Abstract

This descriptive-correlational study was conducted to determine whether significant relationship exists between academic and on-the-job training (OJT) performances of seventy-five business administration marketing management major students of STI West Negros University for School Year 2018-2019. The academic performance was measured through the general weighted average (GWA) of students for all their subjects since their first year until the third year in the program.  The OJT performance, on the other hand, was sourced out from the appraisal made by the host- company supervisors in the aspects of technical competence, attitude, quality of work, quantity of work, inter-personal relationship, and punctuality and attendance during the first semester of their last year in the program. The study revealed a humble rating of satisfactory in the academic of performance (GWA= 85.36, SD= 2.944) of the students but a very good rating in OJT (M=94.467, SD=4.5182).  Subsequent results indicated that students performed very well during their OJT training, surpassing their own performance in school, and suggesting that the curriculum have prepared the students in terms of knowledge, skills and attitude for their meaningful immersion in the industry. The study also revealed no significant relationship between GWA in one hand and technical competence, quality of work and quantity of work on the other hand.  As a final point, significant relationship was found in the areas of attitude (p=.012), inter-personal relationship (p=.029), and punctuality and attendance (p=.034).