DELELIS, MBA, Faculty Member, College of Business, Entrepreneurship and Accountancy, Cagayan State University, Andrews Campus, Tuguegarao City
Online published on 5 December, 2019.
According to Kuzgun, internship program is an important tool for the employability of the graduates. It is an excellent training ground that connects the four corners of the classroom to the real work-life. It is also considered as the most popular method of training because it requires only a person who knows how to do the task, and the tools the person uses to do the task. The study was conducted to determine the student interns feedback on the internship program which will be used as basis to improve or enhance the internship program of the Bachelor of Science in Accounting Technology students of the of Cagayan State University. This study was conducted at the College of Business, Entrepreneurship and Accountancy of Cagayan State University-Andrews Campus, Tuguegarao City where the respondents were enrolled in the Student Internship Program. The respondents of this study were the 88 incoming senior BSAT students who had their practicum Summer of 2018. Sampling was used by the researcher in obtaining the results. The survey questionnaire used was patterned from the study conducted by Taladtad, Sunjay G, et.al; Oliver N. Plaza et.al and Imelda L. An et.al. The data gathered were tabulated, analyzed and interpreted using the descriptive statistics like frequency counts, rank, percentage and weighted mean. Descriptive method was used to come up with a good result of the study. Result of the study revealed that from among the various internship criterions, work qualities has the highest category mean of 4.41 and evaluation system got the lowest category mean of 3.89. The result shows further that the student internship program of the college complied the requirements set by CMO 104, Series of 2017 and at the same time the student interns feel satisfied on the implementation of the different activities before, during and after the internship training. The most serious problem encountered by the respondent's s the time conflicts between classes and internship schedule. It is therefore recommended to make sure that at the end of the training the interns would be more confident and would feel that the training is related to their course and would help them in their future career.
Student Internship, Skills Performance, Work Qualities, Linkage, Host Training Establishments, Evaluation System, Internship Activities, CHED Memorandum Agreement, Student Internship Program of the Philippines
