Employers’ feedback on teacher education graduates: a training remediation implication

The effort of colleges and universities in ensuring the employability of graduates does not stop until graduates are employed. Employer’s feedback on the graduates’ performance is an indicator of the university’s mandate to develop students into professionals in their respective career fields. The study determined the Education graduates’ batch 2010 to 2014 based on quality, quantity, adaptability, cooperation, dependability, attendance, and punctuality. This study involved 58 employed graduates from the Secondary and Elementary Education programs in and out of the Province of Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. A descriptive research was used to interpret the study through percentage and mean. A five point Likert scale questionnaire was utilized to gather feedback from employers. Results revealed, all (100%) of the employed graduates were of age 20-23 years of both the Secondary program of batch 2014 and the Elementary program of batch 2012. Employed graduates from both programs revealed employer’s rating as outstanding in their work performance in terms of quantity (Secondary= 4.3, Elementary = 4.3), adaptability (Secondary = 4.4, Elementary = 4.3), attendance and punctuality ( Secondary = 4.3, Elementary = 4.3 ). However, employed graduates were rated as good in terms of quality of work performed, cooperation and dependability. These qualities are basic indicators of high performing employees. Result of the t-test revealed that there is no significant difference between the work performance rates of all the employed graduates. A training on professionalism and valuing competitive attitude towards work prior to the deployment on internship maybe addressed.