Investigating the Macro Perspective Affecting the Passing Rate in Board Examinations: A Take-off Point in Designing a Causal Model
Keywords:
Passing Rate, Board Examinations, Causal ModelAbstract
Tagoloan Community College is now challenged with producing graduates who are globally
competitive, most especially graduates who are going to take board examinations. The study
aimed to investigate the factors affecting the board examination performance of TCC in the
board examinations. This study used the descriptive method of research, using a researcher-made
questionnaire, focused group discussion and guided interviews to gather data. With three sets of
respondents, adding up to a total of 147, it was found out that among the three courses
(Criminology, BEED and BSED), and in the four years that TCC took part in the board
examinations, the passing rate achieved was never below the National Passing Rate. The
performance of TCC can be said to have started unsatisfactorily, but has been improving to
render a good to a very good performance level. When the data gathered from all the sets of
respondents were summarized, it was found out that it was the internal and stable factors over
which the examinees can exercise an amount of control that affect their performance. It is the
“Moving Automobile Causal Model” that best fits and represents the factors that have direct
effect on the performance of TCC. Another model was also created, the “Airplane Taking-Off
Model”, to show all the attributions that are perceived by the respondents and are proven by
other researches to have bearing on the results of the board examinations. Two review programs
are proposed to be implemented by TCC.
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