St.

Augustine Foundation Colleges

THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC TO THE ST. AUGUSTINE FOUNDATION COLLEGES

GRADE 12 ICT STUDENTS’ WORK IMMERSION EXPERIENCE AT PC HENZ COMPUTER

TRADING

A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of St. Augustine Foundation Colleges

of San Jose City, Nueva Ecija, Inc.

By:

Abella, Babyflor

Caibio, Angel Nicole A.

Carpio, Belinda S.

Duatin, Jeanilyn D.

Iglesia, Rochelle D.

Manaois, Daniella B.

Persona, Ericka O.

Mata, Adrian P.

Palma, John Paul C.

A Practical Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Course in Grade 12

Senior High School Technical Vocational and Livelihood Track

Information and Communication Technology Strand

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APPROVAL SHEET

In partial fulfillment of the requirements in Inquires, Immersion

and Investigations for K12 Senior High School, Technical Vocational

and Livelihood Track Information and Communication Technology Strand,

this research entitled “THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC TO THE ST.

AUGUSTINE FOUNDATION COLLEGES GRADE 12 ICT STUDENTS’ WORK IMMERSION

EXPERIENCE AT PC HENZ COMPUTER TRADING” presented by GRADE 12 is

hereby submitted for acceptance and approval.

Mr. John Paul Ongoco

Research Advisor

Thesis and Ethics Committee

Mr. Vernon Pranilla Mr. Allan Abuan

ICT Facilitator Academic Coordinator

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ABSTRACT

The Philippines used to be behind in terms of educational system

compared to other larger and more advanced countries until former

President Benigno Aquino III signed RA 10533, a law that will improve

our country's educational system, and this is where K-12 originated.

K-12 consists of two additional grade levels in secondary

school. Grade 12 students required to participate in a work immersion

in order to graduate. Work immersion is a requirement for students, in

which they are placed in an actual industry for a period of time that

is related to their chosen strand.

Work immersion was much easier for former students before the

pandemic hit the country. In this study, the researchers looked into

the impact of the pandemic on the Grade 12 ICT students of St.

Augustine Foundation Colleges – San Jose's work immersion experience.

This research would be a phenomenological study, and the

researchers have chosen convenience sampling to get the respondents'

responses as quickly as possible.

The researchers have found three major factors that pandemic

cause to the respondents work immersion and that is the Physical

Health, Transportation and Financial Status.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First and foremost, glory and gratitude to God, the Almighty, for

showering His blessings on us during our study work, allowing us to

successfully complete the research.

We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to Mr. John Paul

Ongoco, our research advisor, for his invaluable assistance throughout

this study. We have been greatly influenced by his dynamism, vision,

sincerity, and determination. He has shown us how to do research well

and present research findings as simply as possible. Working and

studying under his direction was a great honor and privilege.

We owe our parents a debt of gratitude for their support,

prayers, care, and encouragement during this research.

- The Researchers

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DEDICATION

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 TITLE PAGE

 APPROVAL SHEET

 ABSTRACT

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

 DEDICATION

 CHAPTER ONE (THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND)

I. INTRODUCTION

II. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

III. OBJECTIVE OF THE PROBLEM

IV. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

V. RESEARCH’S BACKGROUND

VI. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

VII. SCOPE AND DELIMITATION

VIII. DEFINITION OF TERMS

 CHAPTER TWO (REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE)

I. FOREIGN STUDIES

II. FOREIGN LITERATURE

III. LOCAL STUDIES

IV. LOCAL LITERATURE

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 CHAPTER THREE (RESEARCH METHODOLOGY)

I. RESEARCH DESIGN

II. SAMPLING TECHNIQUE

III. LOCAL OF THE STUDY

IV. DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE

V. DATA GATHERING INSTRUMENT

VI. VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY

 CHAPTER FOUR (PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA)

I. THEME 1

II. THEME 2

III. THEME 3

IV. THEME 4

V. THEME 5

VI. THEME 6

VII. THEME 7

VIII. THEME 8

IX. THEME 9

X. THEME 10

XI. THEME 11

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 CHAPTER FIVE (SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION)

I. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

II. CONCLUSION

III. RECOMMENDATION

 APPENDICES

a) INTERVIEW QUESTIONAIRE

b) CURRICULUM VITAE

 REFFERENCES

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