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CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction The K-12 Basic Education Program aims to provide every Filipino child with the education she/he needs to complete the global context. The goal of the new curriculum is to give Filipino students enough time to master skills and concepts so that they are ready for tertiary education when the time comes. (ICEF Monitor, 2013) Senior High school (SHS) refers to Grades 11 and 12, the last two years of the K-12 program that Department of Education has been implementing since 2012. Students begin to study in SHS the subjects that will introduce them to their preferred career path (Inquirer, 2016). American philosopher John Searle said that Western education has a long tradition of finding knowledge for knowledge’s sake. What he means is that the real aim of education is first, to gives students access to great ideas and second, because of the first reason, education is designed to enable and encourage students to discriminate between what is good and what is bad, what is intelligent what is stupid, and what is true and what is false. In other words, education is not a means, but an end in itself. (Bacarra, 2016). The word “immersion” is done outside the school campus where in students are obliged undergo. The K-12 work immersion program as means to develop competencies and work ethics in preparation for the real world and it’s

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challenges as a part of Department of Education (DepEd) Order No. 40 series of 2015 the senior high school (SHS) curriculum existing of 80 hours of hands on experience. The Grade 12 students will undergo the said immersion to expose them to the actual work place setting and to enrich the competencies provided by the school head and Designated Partner Institution. Immersion has two meanings in K to 12. The first meaning refers to a required Senior High School subject in the curriculum. The second meaning refers not to a subject but to a preferred mode of delivery of Technical Vocational subject. Work immersion is one of the best training methods since it is wellorganized and conducted in a place where students will become productive and well-developed. It exposes them to the actual work related to their course. It helps them to learn and understand more the concept they had discussed in class. But what are the issues and problems encountered by students doing work immersion. One of its downside is safety. Since work immersion is done outside the campus, supervision from teachers is necessary. Less or no supervision at all is risky on the student’s side and there are cases that the school is not liable to anything that will happen to the student. This is not just a burden to the parents but to the school as well. In the context of Irineo L. Santiago National High School of Metro Dadiangas, it has been three batches of Senior High School students who experienced the work immersion since it began School Year 2015 -2016. Thus, there is a need to discover about the experiences of Grade 12 students when it comes to work immersion.

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PURPOSE STATEMENT The purpose of the phenomenological study was to investigate the experiences of Grade 12 Senior High School in work immersion of Irineo L. Santiago National High School of Metro Dadiangas to seek for solution on how to overcome the problem and to gain insights in the work immersion. RESEARCH QUESTION This study sought to answer the question: What are the experiences of Grade 12 Computer System Servicing students in work immersion? SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY The researchers of this undertaking desire is to make significant contribution to the improvement and further development of the job training or work immersion: To the students who are enrolled in practicum course this different factors that would affect in their on the job training or work immersion performance student undergo on the job training which include earning while learning opportunities to provide relevant exposure and actual experience in their chosen track. To the students, this will help to enhance their abilities and capability in the said field and they will be given a chance to widen their knowledge when having work immersion.

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Second, this study will be beneficial to the administrations. This may serve as a guide for them to have a knowledge about the work immersion. They will be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of work immersion Third, this study would help the future researchers that this would serve as one of the references by providing information about the experiences of Grade 12 Computer System Servicing Students of Irineo L. Santiago National High School in work immersion. Scope and Delimitation This study was conducted to a public Senior High School in Irineo L. Santiago National High School of Metro Dadiangas on the month of JanuaryMarch 2019. Purposive sampling was used to select the qualified participants of Grade 12 students of Senior High School Department of of Computer System Servicing the study was nine {8} Grade 12 students and survey mainly on the experiences of Grade 12 Computer System Servicing students in work immersion. Interview guide will be utilize in getting the answers of the participants.

Definition of Terms The following terms were identified and defined to provide knowledge for better understanding on how these terms are being used in this study.

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Computer System Servicing. It refers to the subject or courses of the students that are longing to study about hardware of computers which needed to produce a research paper at the end of the semester (Daffon, 2011). Operationally, this refers to the strand of the Senior High School. Work immersion. It refers to the part of the Senior High School (SHS) Curriculum consisting of 80 hours of hands-on experience or work simulation which the Grades 11 and 12 students will undergo to expose them to the actual workplace setting and to enrich the competencies provided by the school (Lozada, 2017). Operationally, this is the experience in relation to their specialization of the Grade 12 Computer System Servicing. Experience – It is knowledge or skill in a particular job or activity, paying attention to time, context, and place which you have gained because you have done that job or activity for a long time. (Clandinin, 2007). Operationally, this is the subject of the said study.