CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE

CSEC BUSINESS COGNATE

SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENT (SBA)

Name of School: Fraser’s Educational Institute

School Code: 090165

Candidate Number: 090165

Name of Teachers: Sir Marlon Fraser

Miss Nirvanie Gaindoo
Sir Jahleel Fraser

Student’s Name: Darryl Joseph

Date of Submission: February 8, 2018

Year of Examination: May/June 2019.

Territory: Guyana
Table of Contents
 Title

An investigation into the reasons why students prefer to purchase from FEI canteen rather than

outside vendors.
 Objectives:
1. To determine the various products and quality of products supplied by FEI’s canteen and
other vendors.
2. To determine the cost price of products sold at FEI’s canteen and other vendors.

3. To investigate the reasons why students prefer to purchase from FEI’s canteen rather than
outside vendors.
 Background Information
Every day students buy snacks and food products becoming the customers of local shops and their
school canteens. This topic is important to the researcher to apprehend or gather evidence of what
forces students to purchase from a canteen or outside vendors and the advantages of purchasing
from both places. This topic can have significant importance also in the well-being and safety of
student, also in gaining profits and customers’ loyalty. From my observation, it has been seen that
many students prefer to purchase items from the FEI canteen than the outside vendors shop. This
has been found to have a significant effect on both suppliers as their profits and supply vary
accordingly. This sba will serve as a basis to expound on the various reasons why these students
have these preferences and how it affects them and the society as a whole
 Methodology
This Cognate SBA will be directed to students who attend the Fraser’s Educational Institute
between the ages of 13 to over 16, where they will be assessed using a questionnaire and
observation which will be asking a number of relevant questions in order to gather information
and assess these students. The process of distributing and gaining answers from the sample will
take up to three (3) days, which will be collected and analyzed in order to discover the reasons for
students purchasing from different venues (canteen or an outside vendor). The type of data that
will be gathered will be quantitative which will be calculated using appropriate formulae to
conclude the information gathered and presented on various graphs and charts. The factors that
can contribute to failure to complete this SBA are denied access to canteen records and accurate
information from other vendors.
 Data Collection Instrument

1. What is your age?

13-14 [ ]
14-16 [ ]
Over 16 [ ]

2. Are you a regular student of the Fraser’s Educational Institute?

Yes [ ]
No [ ]
3. What is your daily amount of money that you bring to school?

$400 [ ]

$500 [ ]

$1000 [ ]

Over 1000 [ ]

4. Are the items of the canteen sold, cheaper than those at outside vendors?
Yes [ ]
No [ ]
5. What kind of items are being sold at the various ventures?
Inferior items [ ]
Superior items [ ]
Average quality items [ ]

6. What are your experiences with the canteen staff?

Bad service [ ]
Reasonable service [ ]
Excellent service [ ]
7. Why do you prefer to purchase from FEI canteen rather than outside vendors?
The service [ ]
The affordable prices [ ]
The variety of products sold [ ]

8. What is your overall experience with your venue of purchase?

Great [ ]

Can improve [ ]
Worst experience [ ]

9. What can be done to improve the services of the different venues?

Lower Prices [ ]
Better staff [ ]
Reliability [ ]
Quality of products sold [ ]

10. Do you think it is less risky to purchase from a school canteen or another vendor?
Yes [ ]
No [ ]

11. What are the type of items that you purchase at the Fraser’s Educational Institute?
Food items [ ]
Drinks (local/Aerated) [ ]
Packaged snacks [ ]
Pastries [ ]
12. What are the type of items that you purchase from other vendors?
Food items [ ]
Drinks (local/Aerated) [ ]
Packaged snacks [ ]
Pastries [ ]
 Observation Schedule

Comments
Elements Observed
Fraser’s Educational Institute Other vendors
The members of staff of the
FEI canteen are very pleasant Quality of service is good
Quality of Service Provided and carry out their task a bit but the speed of delivery
quicker than those of the other can be improved.
vendors.
They are various products sold Little or small variety of
Variety of Items sold (quantity) at F.E.I and they have a large goods sold. They have a
stock of goods to sell. smaller quantity to sell
Some of the products that are The Price of items sold
sold at F.E.I are more are similar to those of
Prices of Items Sold
inexpensive than those sold FEI’s canteen but some
from other vendors. are more expensive.
The products that are sold to
the students of F.E.I are The products sold are up
Quality of products sold
reliable and the quality of to par.
products are up to standard.
 Presentation of Data

Table 1

Experiences with canteen staff at F.E.I.

Experiences with canteen staff Percentage of students (%)

Bad service 0
Reasonable service 25
Excellent service 75

EXPERIENCES OF STUDENTS
Bad service
0%
Reasonable service
25%

Excellent service
75%

Figure 1: Illustrating the experiences of respondents with the canteen staff at F.E.I.
Table 2

Reasons for purchasing at the F.E.I. canteen

Reasons for buying at F.E.I.

Frequency Percentage (%)
canteen
The service 2 10

The affordable prices 4 20

The variety of products sold 14 70

Reasons for Purchasing from F.E.I canteen

80
70 70
Number of students

60
50
40
30
20 20
14
10 10
2 4
0
the service the affordable prices the variety of products sold
Reasons for buying at F.E.I.

Frequency Percentage(%)

Figure 2: The various reasons for purchasing at the F.E.I. canteen

Table 3

Items sold at the F.E.I canteen and from other vendors

# of students who
# of students who
Items sold purchase items from
purchase items from F.E.I.
Other vendors
Food items 16 13
Drinks(Local/Aerated) 2 4
Packaged snacks 1 2
Pastries 1 1

Items Sold at the Various Location

16
NUMBER OF STUDENTS

14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0

ITEMS SOLD

F.E.I. Other vendors

Figure 3: Items sold at F.E.I. canteen and from other vendors.

Analysis of Data