Performance of information technology students in their on-the-job training program as perceived by the cooperating agency sy 2017–2018

It is a priority for state universities/colleges to produce graduates who can perform the skills required by industries. Training is one of the extensive methods for enhancing individual productivity and for improving job performance in the work environment (Goldstein and Ford 2002; Gupta and Bostrom 2006). On-the-job (OJT) training performance of students remains a challenge among universities/colleges and that challenges has now been taken care of by the academe through its OJT program. The growing demand for skills is becoming a constraining factor for the growth of the economy. On the job training is an important part of outcomes-based education that evaluates the products of university/college, therefore, it is a need to assess the output for continuous improvement. It is the commitment of the university/college to meet the demand of employers and accountable to its students in their performance in the on-the-job training, to measure the effectiveness of the program and to be continually responsive to the needs of the students, It is on this premise that this study is conducted to survey the on-the-job training program of graduates. This study sought to find out the On-the-Job Training Performance among Information Technology Students SY 2017–2018 in Cagayan State University-Carig Campus, College of Information and Computing Sciences as perceived by the cooperating agencies. Descriptive survey method was used which involved a questionnaire in gathering data from the respondents. A total of eighty (80) OJT students were the respondents who undergo OJT to the different agencies. The lists of respondents were taken from the head of each cooperating agency. Results showed that the performance of the graduating BSIT student in their On the Job Training program as perceived by their supervisor of the cooperating agency marked “Excellent” in all the aspects: Personal Appearance, Teamwork Attitude, Communication Skills, Skills and Competence, Partnership and Linkages and Best Practices and Problems encountered and the overall performance of graduating BSIT students in their OJT program as perceived by their supervisor of the cooperating agency and supervising adviser marked “Excellent”.