Senior High School Strands: Factors Affecting the Students’ Preference
Keywords:
Academic performance, Job opportunities, Parents, Personal interests, SSenior high school strands, Socio-economic statusAbstract
Choosing a senior high school strand is one of the most
challenging decisions that junior high school students will
have to face. The study aimed to help students decide on
their future senior high school strand by knowing the factors’
influence levels and their relationship with their decision.
The survey was conducted online (Grade 9 and Grade 10
students) using the total sampling method. We employed a
self-made questionnaire that went through content
validation using Aiken’s V formula. Descriptive statistics were
then used to analyze and interpret the results of the study.
In the survey’s results, 2.3% of the students chose GAS as
their senior high school strand, 15.9% chose HUMSS, and
73.9% chose STEM, leaving the ABM strand with 8%. The
personal interest factor had the highest level of influence
among the factors, with a mean of 4.21, followed by job
opportunities with a mean of 4.17, socioeconomic status
with a mean of 3.89, parents with a mean of 3.63, and
academic performance with a mean of 3.38. However, in
terms of the factors’ significant relationships with the senior
high school strands, socioeconomic status, parents, job
opportunities, and personal interests were found to have no
significant influence when deciding, and academic
performance is the only factor that has a significant influence
on the students’ preferred strand. As a result, the null
hypothesis of the study is accepted because only one out of
five factors were found to have a significant relationship
when deciding on a senior high school strand.
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