Thesis Example

PERCEPTION OF TRANSFEREE STUDENTS
TOWARDS UNIVERSITY OF ANTIQUE,
COLLEGE OF MARITIME STUDIES

A Maritime Thesis
Presented to
The Faculty of the College of Maritime Studies
University of Antique
Sibalom, Antique

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Subject
MR 01
(Introduction to Research with Statistics)

by

Approval Sheet
This maritime thesis titled “PERCEPTION OF TRANSFEREE
STUDENTS TOWARDS UNIVERSITY OF ANTIQUE, COLLEGE OF
MARITIME STUDIES,” submitted by ., in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the subject MR 01 (Maritime Research) is hereby approved.

JENNEL B. ORANTES
Adviser

English Critic Approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation.

2/E SAMUEL A. LOTILLA Dean, College of Maritime Studies
November 2011

Acknowledgement

Abstract

Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Appendices

CHAPTER 1
Introduction
In March 2006, reports state that the student enrolment in the
Philippines for both Marine Transportation and Marine Engineering courses has suffered a dramatic decline as compared over the past five years. Philippines CMS Crew Management Services Manager listed a drop-out rate from 0.06 percent to a high of 0.30 percent. In the same report, a decrease in the number of graduates for the same period reached a record from 0.03 percent to a high of 0.41 percent. Among these graduates, only 7.6 percent took the licensure examination of which 71 percent passed. These facts showed the current issues affecting the maritime education in the Philippines. The role of education in nation-building is vitally recognized.
Every year, millions of students are enrolled in different courses of specialization to realize their individual dreams. With the advent of technological innovations and contemporary teaching strategies, the education system of the country is overly affected. Maritime education in the Philippines is just a fragment of the generally problematic education system of the country. Most researchers agree that the education system and conditions of the country is among the most popularly and widely written research subject. The concept of poverty is always connected with education. Education, ironically, was also deemed as the antidote of poverty. With this thought reverberating in mind of every Filipino student, it is then necessary to pay particular attention to the state of education in the country. On this case, the maritime education system is under explication and scrutiny. The Philippine Institute for Development
Studies (PIDS) in a published press release states that the country possesses comparative advantages in maritime education among the
APEC regions. It is surprising to know that the Philippines is the primary source of world-class seafarers yet the educational system is faced with various challenges that sprouted from both societal and institutional setup and conditions.

The Philippine education system, according to the report of (2001), is classified under nine clusters of disciplines for both undergraduate and graduate degrees and diploma. These nine clusters of discipline are
Agriculture Education, Business and Management Education,
Engineering and Architecture, Health Profession Education, Humanities,
Social Sciences and Communication, Information Technology, Maritime
Education, Science and Mathematics, and Teacher Education. Under the
Maritime Education, the following fields or disciplines included are Naval
Architecture and Marine Engineering, Marine Transportation, Marine
Engineering, and Basic Merchant Marine Course. The maritime education in the country was faced by different stages of transition – from its challenging beginnings up to the current state of opulence. A news report from (1992) stated that maritime education is the oldest educational system in the country.
This claim is attributed to the geographic characteristics of the
Philippines. Consisting of 7,107 islands and islets depending on tides, the country has a long coastline which is 235,973 square kilometers, longer than the United States (, 2002). With this fact, it is historically indicated that early ancestors already travel from islands to another by using boats and other water transportation made available at the early times. Thus, the Filipinos are culturally and historically innate or accustomed to marine navigation.
Maritime education also experienced downfalls characterized with downgrading quality of marine education and the need to meet quality standard requirements imposed by CHED and the IMO or the international maritime industry in general. The CHED, being the immediate institution that evaluates the quality of instruction in maritime schools, conducts evaluation procedures to see to it that both national and international requirements on maritime education are met. There have been controversies (, 2000) especially in the classification of marine schools and training centers who reached acceptable level of standards( http://ivythesis.typepad.com/term_paper_topics/2009/10/marine-engineering-and-marine-transportation-education---thesis.html#ixzz21HURnWiL).

Statement of the Problem The Purpose of this study is to determine the perception of transferee students towards University of Antique, College of Maritime
Studies.
Specially, this study aims to answer the following questions: 1. What is the perception of transferee students towards University of
Antique, College of Maritime Studies when taken as an entire group and classified according to course and family monthly income? 2. Is there a significance difference in the perception of transferee

towards University of Antique, College of Maritime Studies when

classified according to course and family monthly income?

Hypothesis
Based on the aforementioned problems, this hypothesis was tested: 1. There is no significance difference in the perception of transferee

towards University of Antique, College of Maritime Studies when

classified according to course and family monthly income?

Conceptual Framework
The researchers will conduct this study to present the different perception of transferee students toward University of Antique, College of
Maritime Studies.

The paradigm of the study is reflected in figure 1.

CourseFamily Monthly Income | | Perception of transferee students towards University of Antique, College of Maritime Studies. | | | | Figure 1. Perception of transferee students as influenced by Course and
Family Monthly Income.

Significance of the study The results of this investigation will be relevant and beneficial to the following:

Transferee Students . The findings of this study will help the transferee students to realize that the University of Antique, College of Maritime
Studies can also give quality education same as the other Colleges and
Universities.

School Administration. This study will likewise benefit the School
Administration by giving them ideas on what they shall improve in order to render quality education to the students.

Instructors. The result of this study will provide knowledge to the
Instructors that the Transferee Students are expecting high enough during classroom instructions.
Future Maritime Students. This study will also help the future Maritime
Student to have awareness on what they will encounter when they have enrolled. Scope and Limitations of the Study
This study aims to ascertain the perception of transferee students towards University of Antique, College of Maritime Studies.
The study will be conducted on November 2011. The respondents of the study will be __ transferee students of University of Antique,
College of Maritime Studies.
The respondents of the study will be classified according to course and family monthly income.

Statistical tools that will employ were frequency, percentage and chi-square.

Definition of terms
For the purpose of clarity and understanding, several important terms were defined:
“Perception of” refers to the unified view of transferee students towards University of Antique, College of Maritime Studies.
“Family monthly income” refers to the earnings of the family every month. “”Course” refers to the program taken by the transferee student whether BsMT or BsMar-E.

CHAPTER 2
Review of Related Literature
This chapter presents the review of literatures relevant to the present study. Maritime education in the Philippines is among the best in the
Asia-Pacific region (, 2001) and even the world. This is evident on the study sponsored by Philippine APEC Study Center Network which performed a benchmarking action on the country’s maritime and nursing education particularly in its best practices (, 2001). In the said study,
Ramirez identified the outstanding qualities of the Philippine maritime education such as the composition of maritime bachelor degree, which consists of general education, specialization courses and one-year apprenticeship; English as the medium of instruction; and the emphasis on character and values necessary for students who serve locally and internationally. Such values and attitudes are reflected on the culture of discipline, hard work and team work are essential characteristics of
Filipino servicemen. This research study was used by PIDS in the press release to build on the promising reputation of the maritime education system in the country.
On the results of the Seafarers International Research Centre
(SIRC) survey in 2003 (, 2005), it reveals that of the total number of
Filipino seafarers manning various ships across the globe. For the record, a measly 8.5% were senior officers, 21.5% were junior officers, and most or 70% were ratings. On the same survey, it was noted a marked decline from 11% in the share of senior officers and from 24% in the share of junior officers from its 2000 survey.
Its significant share, however, in the overall market has undoubtedly remained a key to the supply-demand equation of maritime labor.
Yet, the history and development of maritime education in the country is documented by nationwide newspapers. Issues, problems, solutions, and all matters of the maritime education and maritime industry are publicized through daily news and correspondence. An article from Manila Chronicle (1992) reported that maritime education is the oldest educational system in the country as based on the geographic characteristics of the Philippines. Similarly, the (1993) documented the training of merchant ship officers in order to equip them for effective maritime services to be rendered. It has been identified that the country is the number one supplier of able seafarers for international shipping fleet. In the earlier decades, the problem of Philippine educational system specifically maritime education emerged and became complicated. A news report from in June 1993 stated the problem of downgrading of maritime education blamed on Department of Education, Culture and
Sports (DECS), now Department of Education (DepEd). Meanwhile, a report published in in July 1997 claims that schools for sailors are substandard as according to CHED (, 1997). (1997) affirmed the statement of CHED by quoting Maritime League that the value of maritime education is deteriorating.
With the identified problems in the maritime education of the country, the DECS revises the curricula (, 1997). This is to address the emerging issues that affect the overall condition of the maritime education in the country. In November 1997, the published a report on the participation of the country and its selected delegates on a 3-day
(December 2-4) general meeting of the Association of Maritime Education and Training Institute in Asia Pacific (AMETIAP) in Singapore. This could be among the state’s solution to the budding problems facing the maritime education system and maritime industry as well as way to accumulate body of knowledge that are useful to the general condition of maritime industry in the Asia-Pacific and the world. An editorial from published last November 26, 1997 discusses the issue of maritime education in keeping its standards for quality professionalism. This is to emphasize the need of creating quality standards towards Filipino students who will become seafarers in the future.

Due to the conditions of the maritime schools and institutions in the country and the problems that affect maritime education system, the
Malacaňang warned school administration to “go to sea or sink” (, 1997).
This prompts schools to upgrade their teaching strategies and all related factors on the maritime education system. As the condition of the maritime education worsens, a report from early in 1998 claimed that
“RP may no longer be major source of world's seamen”. (1998) also reported that the poor schooling of the maritime students threatens jobs for Filipino seamen.
It is indicated that with the budding need of maritime services worldwide, it requires more qualified Filipino seamen (, 1998).

To attain this vision, the enhancement of maritime education and training seamen effectively would help. As the government implements quality assurance strategies to address the problem, a report from in
July 1998 states that the CHED conducted evaluation of maritime school standards and identified names of schools that passed according to the
IMO requirements. CHED authorities continued to monitor maritime school standards. Two years later, these evaluation activities created controversy as reported by (2000). To further enhance maritime education and training, the Asian Maritime University cited a new education concept, according to the in February 1999. This includes the improvement on curriculum and integration of latest technological innovations in the maritime education and training of student.

Basing on the literatures above, the maritime education – its history and further development – vary from time to time. It was also noticed that most literatures on marine education are focused on general education as well as professional subjects that are imperative to the overall learning experiences of students and to the teaching of instructors. Local literatures are scarce or limited within the bounds of social institutions that undergone such researches. The publication of research studies and its results is complicated due to the time constraint and financial challenges
( http://ivythesis.typepad.com/term_paper_topics/2009/10/marine-engineering-and-marine-transportation-education---thesis.html#ixzz21HURnWiL).

CHAPTER 3
Methodology

This chapter will discuss the research design, locale of the study, the respondents, data gathering instrument, data gathering procedure, and data analysis procedure.

Research Design

The descriptive survey method was used in this study considering that the major purpose was to determine the perception of transferee students towards University of Antique, College of Maritime Studies.
According to Best and Khan (1998) descriptive method of research is a process of gathering, analyzing, classifying, and tabulating the data about prevailing conditions, practices, beliefs, processes, trends and cause and effect relationship and then making adequate and accurate interpretation about such data with or without the aid of statistical method. Locale of the Study This study will be conducted at University of Antique, College of
Maritime Studies which is located in the Municipality of Sibalom,
Province of Antique.

The Respondents The respondents of the study will be ____ transferee students of
University of Antique, College of Maritime Studies. They were classified according to course and family monthly income. Table 1 reflects the respondents of the study.

Table 1
Distribution of Respondents According to Variables Variables | f | % | A. Entire Group | __ | __ | B. Course | | | BsMT | __ | __ | BsMar-E | __ | __ | C. Family Monthly Income | | | Small | __ | __ | Big | __ | __ |

Research Instrument

The data gathering instrument that will use in this study will be a questionnaire-checklist that will be constructed by the researchers. This instrument will consist of two parts. Part I of the questionnaire will solicit data about the personal information of the respondents. Part II of the questionnaire will solicit data about the perception of transferee students. To answer this instrument the respondents will be required to check the items which they consider as perception of transferee students. Items that will obtain the highest frequency will be consider as perception of the respondents. This questionnaire-checklist will be undergo a validation process by a jury composed of __ members.

Data Gathering Procedure Permission to conduct this study will be obtain from the Office of the Dean of College of Maritime Studies at the University of Antique. After the permit will grant, the research instrument will be distributed among the transferee students of College of Maritime Studies.

Retrieval of the questionnaires will be followed and the data that will obtain will be tallied, will be analyzed, and will be interpreted by the researchers. Data Analysis Procedure To interpret the data that will be gathered, following statistical tests will be used.
Frequency. To determine the number of respondents belonging to each category of variables, frequency will be used.
Percentage. To determine the proportion of respondents belonging to each category of variables, percentage will be used.
Chi-square. To determine the significant difference in the perception of transferee students, chi-square test will be used. All statistical computations will be processed through the data analysis of Microsoft Excel Software.