Level of Efficiency of the Information Technology Professional Subjects Instruction at the Catanduanes State University for School Year 2015-2016

Belen M. Tapado, Maria Sheila R. Gregorio

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This study determined the level of efficiency of Information Technology (IT) professional subjects’ instruction at the Catanduanes State University for school year 2015-2016. This study could be useful for schools offering IT courses for them to assess the quality of the instruction that they are offering, the discipline, training, updated knowledge and skills as well as the personal and professional qualities possessed by the faculty members and also the state of the art facilities that will augment the conduct of teaching and learning process in order to produce high productivity results for students in order for them to be equipped with the capabilities needed in the industry not just in the country but abroad. Quality instruction would enable trust and confidence of the community in the IT curricular offerings of the university. Independent variables of faculty profile, personal qualities and knowledge and skills were considered in this study and the level of teaching efficiency for the IT professional subjects served as the dependent variable in this study. Faculty profile and the IT faculty member’s knowledge and skills on the IT professional subjects were tested for their relationship with the IT faculty member’s level of teaching efficiency for teaching IT professional subjects. Descriptive survey method was employed in this research using questionnaire as a data gathering instrument to determine the level of efficiency of IT professional subject instruction at the Catanduanes State University for the school year 2015-2016. The total population of this study was the 211 Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) and 128 Bachelor of Science in Information Systems (BSIS) students and 12 faculty members teaching the IT professional subjects at the College of Information and Communications Technology in this university. Findings revealed that the knowledge and skills of faculty member in teaching IT professional subjects is “excellentâ€; the level of efficiency of faculty members in teaching IT professional subjects is “very efficientâ€; mastery of the subject matter is the same regardless of age, gender, monthly income, highest educational attainment and school graduated, however, the mastery of the subject matter differ in terms of relevant trainings attended in teaching IT subjects. Thus training for faculty development is needed to give the faculty members first-hand information and experience on the current trends in information technology being a very dynamic field. 


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