PERCEPTIONS OF THE STAFF AND STUDENTS OF NUEVA ECIJA DOCTORS

COLLEGE INC. ON THE ACQUISITION OF OUR

LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY

AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS
Presented to
Dean, College of Tourism
Our Lady of Fatima University
Cabanatuan City

_____________________

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement

For the Subject Research

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By:

Amira Christie N. Bautista

Christine Jean R. Quevedo
Jenelyn M. Santos
Rose anne Riego
SY 2015-2016

Chapter 1
The Problem and Its Setting
Introduction
Filipino has generally regarded education on their top priority trust for them. Education is
something that cannot be brought a great treasure that can never be sold and cannot be easily
taken away by others. Thus, education is one priority a Filipino acquires for the rest of his life.
The individual is the center of the educational. Process his development is its main objective,
objectives thus all schools programs, projects, and/or activities are focused toward its fulfillment.
The schools guidance services, as one part of the educational process. Include in choosing a
career through the career information service it offer. When students graduate from high school,
they are faced with major and important educational decisions. The choice of college career. It
becomes very difficult for them to select careers most and interest and that offer a reasonable
promise of attainment some students make rush and unrealistic decisions in the choice of their
lifetime careers because of the misconception that decision making and preparation for college
entry due to be done only during the last year of high school. This explains the reason why many
of today's young adolescents, who after choosing a career to pursue could hardly, reach their
goal. (Pulante- Bustarde, 2010) But another things that the student should consider is what or
where school they want to pursue their studies What school is very familiar and popular to
them.
Waves of college name changes are nothing new. In past decades, scores of "junior"
colleges have opted for the grown-up "community" .As the competition for paying students heats
up, hundreds of colleges are revamping their names to make themselves sound more attractive.
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Some public colleges are choosing names that make them sound like expensive private
schools, while some private colleges are choosing names that give off the aura of longestablished Nueva Ecija Doctors Colleges Inc.
It is fairly normal for colleges to change their names as they grow and change. As
community colleges become state colleges and colleges become universities, This is not
surprising. As more and more people are attending college, and the competition is becoming
more and more fierce, students are looking for the brand name to set them apart from everyone
else once they join the workforce. No matter what is the reason behind why this Nueva Ecija
Colleges changed their name into Our Lady of Fatima University. The present research study is
to going to determine what are the impacts of this acquisition to old students and staff of the
subject school.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The study will determine the Perceptions of the staff and students of NEDCI on the
Acquisition of OLFU and aims to answer the following:
1.What is the profile of the respondents according to:
1.1 ager;
1.2 gender;
1.3 civil status;
1.5 Highest educational attainment , and
1.6 residency ?
2. What is the perception of the staff and students on the acquisition of Nueva Ecija
Colleges to OLFU as regards to the following:
2.1 Administrative;
2.2 Faculty; and Staff;
2.3facilities ?
3.What is the significant relationship between the perception of the old staff with the of
students?
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HYPHOTHESIS
The following hypothesis will test this study:
1. There is no significant relationship between the perception of the old staff with the of
students
SCOPE AND DELIMITATION
The old students and staff of the Nueva Ecija colleges Now Our Lady of Fatima
University are the respondents of this research. They are chosen because they are the ones who
will benefit from the said study because they were able to know how come that acquisition of the
school has an impact as they perceived. The respondents will be fifty(50) old students and 20
staff of the school and going to be chosen through quota sampling.
This study will be conducted at Fatima University The date of the research is on the
second semester of school year 2015-2016 Impact of the acquisition of the school (Nueva Ecija
colleges) are going to be assessed by means of answering the questionnaire.
This might be

the Lack of time in distribution of questionnaire is going to be

encountered during the research.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This study was conducted to benefit the following: A study of this nature is significant in
many ways. Generally, research finding serves as a reference material for researchers as well as
find solutions to problem in relevant field. This study will bring into light the dimension in
which perception of changing principals leadership style affect on the administration process.
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Students-It will help them to give ideas that a school acquisition has a big impact as their
perceptions
Administration- This study will help them to find problems regarding in a setting a class
schedule and arrange class schedule due to school acquisition
Future researchers-they may use this study as a guide or reference for their future research.
To the parents the study will help them adopt new leadership style of the school for proper
child upbringing.
To the teachers, the study will stimulate them more to work harder. The study will also
motivate them as teachers to adopt a new good leadership for the school where they are
working for.
DEFENITION OF TERMS
This study includes several terms that may need to be defined for clarity and
understanding;
Impact-to have an effect often a strong or a bad effect.
Flexible-the ability to be easily modified.
Efficient-working in a well-organized and competent way.
Effective- successful in producing a desired or intended result.
Acquisition .the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.

Physical Facilities: Physical Plant/Physical Facilities for education consist of all or any portion
of buildings, structures, site improvements, complexes, equipment, roads, walks, passageways,
parking lots, or other real or personal property located on a site .

Chapter 2
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES
This chapter presents a review of materials found to be relevant and have bearing with
the study. These articles provide additional information which enrich insights regarding to topics.
Foreign Literature And Studies
Foreign Literature
Lewins theory and the works of other prominent 20th century constructivist scholars
such as John Dewey, Jean Piaget, William James, Carl Jung, Paulo Freire, Carl Rogers and others
(Kolb & Kolb, 2005, p. 194) contributed heavily to Kolbs ELT theory and the concept of
learning space. Like other theorist and constructivist scholars previously listed, Kolbs ELT
adheres to six universally accepted and shared propositions: (1) Learning is best conceived as a
process, not in terms of outcomes; (2) all learning is relearning; (3) learning requires the
resolution of conflicts between dialectically opposed modes of adaptation to the world; (4)
learning is a holistic process of adaptation to the world; (5) learning results from synergetic
transactions between the person and the environment; and (6) learning is the process of creating
knowledge (Kolb & Kolb, 2005, p. 194). Of the six key constructionist propositions accepted by
the aforementioned scholars and Kolb, the two key propositions that became highly relevant to
this study were the propositions that learning is a holistic process of adapting to the world
(Kuuskorpi& Gonzalez, 2011) and that learning resulted from the synergetic transactions
between the person and the environment (Kolb & Kolb, 2005; Dugdale, 2009).

Although there are various accepted and shared constructivist propositions (Kolb & Kolb,
2005), a number of researchers ultimately distill the varied propositions into four major
encompassing themes that explain learning and instruction (Eggen&Kauchak, 2010). The themes
conceptually define learning as a process by which knowledge is constructed in order to make
sense of the real world; the knowledge constructed depends upon what the learner already
knows; continued learning is predicated on social interaction; and the primary reason for
knowledge acquisition is for it to be applied to the real world (Eggen&Kauchak, 2010, p. 226227).
The implication is that the facility built environment could account for a 5-17 percent
variation in achievement between students in poor buildings and those students in modern
buildings, when the socioeconomic status of students is controlled (Earthman, 2002, p. 1). This
invariably led to the reasonable inference that facilities not only affect learning but promote and
enhance effective teaching in K-12 (Schneider, 2002, 2003, 2005) and could have similar
implications in higher education (Earthman &Lemasters, 2011). Roberts, Edgerton, & Peter
(2008) put forth the idea that facility and key variables associated with educational outcomes are
inexorably linked; linked not through an independent/dependent relationship but through
facilities mediated effects on other variables that affect student learning outcomes.
Environmental conditions within a facility were defined contextually in that no single
concept or definition clearly and succinctly covered the breadth of the subject. The framework
for assessing the existing research on the relationship between environmental conditions and
educational outcomes rested on the idea that the physical and psychological needs of a learner
needed to be met in order for learning to occur (Beynon 1997; Uline&Tschannen-Moran, 2008).
This understanding has led to a growing body of research that established linkages between
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discrete physical features of school facilities and student achievement (Uline&TschannenMoran). The US Green Building Council (USGBC) defined Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)
as the condition inside a building and its impact on occupants (USGBC, n.d.). This definition
provided a framework in which key variables listed in Table 2, under environmental conditions,
were conceptualized and linked. With this notion, the factors were addressed independently but
with an understanding that the variables were interrelated and shared a synergistic relationship.
Foreign Studies
A recent study found that more than 530 of the approximately 3,000 mainstream colleges
and universities have at least tinkered with their names since 1996. And the name changes have
been picking up the pace in the past year or so, says the study's author, James M. Owston, a dean
at Mountain State University. What's more, as marketing has become more sophisticatedwhile
regulations have remained laxsome colleges are picking new names that attempt to attract
students by creating impressions that, in some cases, don't entirely match the college's reality.
The changes of the name of the school really affects the following;the
administration,facilities,tuition fees as well as the faculty and staff;thus making the changes into
realization of the goals and objectives.
The notion of administrations effectiveness has come to prominence in educational
literature within the last three decades. It is increasingly recognized that the quality of
administration in any organization, school or non-school to a large extent affects the success of
the organization.
Thus , Perception is a concept that is widely used but with little understanding. The
enhancement of each perception and its importance in todays educational system cannot be
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overemphasized. It is noted that one of the most important characteristics of a school as an

organization is the nature of the relationship that exists between students and teachers. Students
interest cannot sometimes be known if the teacher is not aware of those things that the students
need and value.
According to Ibukun (2004), administration is the art of influencing others to work
enthusiastically towards the achievement of organizational goals. Building on this definition, the
function of organizational leadership can be said to be a relationship of influence on relevant
others in and out of an organization towards the achievement of the organizational goals. This is
because the attainment of organizational goal is a function of the cumulative inter play of the
forces (internal and external) influencing an organization.
Nolan in Pounder (2006) leaders who can navigate the structures of schools, nurture
relationships, model professional growth, encourage change and challenge the status quo. In
this era of technological advancement, diffused and multiple cultural goals, it is believed that
principals are important change agents who must lead their schools to success through
collaborative efforts with students, staff and the school community.
Ibukun (2004) opines, that the leader and chief executive of his school who is expected to
perform certain professional and administrative roles in order to ensure proper teaching and
learning.Be it big or small, public or private, it is the leader who usually provides direction
towards goals attainment.
School administrators who build school capacity through an effective leadership style
may influence student achievement through teachers (Christie, Thompson, &Whiteley, 2009).
The school leader must have or be able to develop the capacity to work with staff to focus on
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curriculum, instruction and student learning gains (Fullen, 2001). The perception of the school
administrator is often as a person who manages a school and not as a person who is an
instructional leader. The leaders daily activities and decisions reflect the pervasive focus and
style of the schools leadership (Noonan & Walker, 2008). A teacher-focused leader works
toward the development of school capacity which builds upon positive teacher capacity with the
end results increasing student achievement.
The outcome of a students education as evidenced through test scores is often
determined by the focus and effectiveness of a schools leadership (Leithwood, 2005 & 2008).
The educational leaders role is to hire and motivate teachers to raise student learning gains (Hoy
&Woolfolk, 1993, Janzi&Leithwood, 1996). Students reveal their ability to learn through their
measured achievement, attendance, and participation in school activities. However, it is the
students perception of their teachers that sets the daily learning process in motion. Further, it is
the teachers perception of how they are valued and supported by their schools leadership that
often has an influence on their daily decisions to motivate students (Bandura, 2003, Demir,
2008).
It is important to emphasize that students need friendship, sympathy and encouragement,
as these attribute will enable them put in more effort when they realize that their teachers have
genuine consideration for them. An affective teacher is therefore expected to recognize that each
learner is different in thought, personality, needs and abilities. He ensures that each student is
helped to develop full mental capabilities. He uses different techniques, communication skills
and instructional medium to reach to every member of the classroom for effective academic
performance.

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Leadership in the other is as old as humans organization in most societies, whether

traditional or modern, certain rules, norms and regulation are established to regulate the
behaviour and conduct of all and sundry. If is the kind of leadership style provided that can
harness the activities of an organization.
The cost of college is of concern to both students and taxpayers, and one alternative
tuitionpolicy makes the conversation of rising tuition more complicated. One alternative tuition
policythat is not only coming up in the news, but in popular culture as well.
A 2011 report from the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI) reports a
growing number of colleges and universities are implementing tuition differentials at the
undergraduate level based on academic program in order to offset the declining public support
and the increase in student enrollments. In the face of financial hardships, concern regarding
student access to college is a continuing issue in higher education. A new question, not yet
addressed by scholarly research, is should the higher education community now be concerned
with access to certain majors? Tuition differentials based on academic major are becoming more
prevalent, but are not a recent tuition policy invention. Still, scholarly research investigating the
impact these policies may have on student access to certain majors is largely nonexistent.
Faculty new to the role of academician are often unprepared by degree granting
institutions for the unique challenges of an academic career. Successful navigation of the three
academic pillarsteaching, scholarship, and serviceis contingent upon effective development
of new faculty by higher education institutions.
Institutions of higher education are complex and dynamic systems comprised of various
subsystems or operational units. That is to say the various offices, departments, and divisions that
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make up the organizational chart of the typical college or university often pursue their assigned
tasks and departmental mission with great zeal and passionand with a great ignorance of what
is being done in other units. Cross-training, interdepartmental communication, and shared vision
are lacking.
The United States Secretary of Educations Commission on the Future of Higher
Education (2006) issued a report that stated, as other nations rapidly improve their higher
education systems, we are disturbed by evidence that the quality of student learning at U.S.
colleges and universities is inadequate and, in some cases, declining (p. 4). This report joins the
chorus of those calling for a return to a primary focus on student learning, particularly student
outcomes, at institutions of higher education.
Winston et al. (2001) continued to build on the work of Sandeen (1991), describing the
professional student affairs administrator as educator, leader, and manager. Of these roles for the
professionals that make up the student affairs division Winston et al., like Sandeen, hold educator
to be primary, stating, the student affairs division must become an integral part of college
students quest to integrate, make meaning of, and apply classroom learning; to remediate
academic deficits and acquire new skills; and to address personal and social development
issues.
Baxter Magolda (2001) observes that student affairs personnel have a long history of
being engaged in the holistic development of students. However, this effort has been largely in
the areas of personal and social development, leaving intellectual development to the faculty (p.
287). More recently, the emphasis has shifted to a more integrated and collaborative approach.
Increased collaboration between academic and student affairs units presents an opportunity to
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reinvent undergraduate education with an approach that recognizes and addresses the
interrelatedness of what occurs in the classroom and what occurs outside of it.
With the perception of selected students and staff toward facilities being the primary
focus of this inquiry, a consideration had to be made regarding the appropriateness of the
methodology and method required to garner the relevant data needed to complete this study.
Unfortunately, as a result of the 2008 economic downturn, the public funding for
education in America has continued to decline (Hurley, McBain, Harnisch, & Russell, 2010). The
decline has resulted in the majority of state colleges and universities performing budget triage in
the wake of major reductions in state appropriations (Hurley et al., 2010, p. 1). With a
prolonged period of budget cuts and funding restrictions, educational institutions are stretched to
cover the major deferred maintenance required to extend the useful life of structures built in the
1950s/60s, let alone the buildings built in the 1980s and 90s (Ericson, 2011). The resulting effect
is that an already aging infrastructure will continue to degrade, and an extensive deferred.
Local Literature
De La Salle Philippines (DLSP) (incorporated as De La Salle Philippines, Inc), established in
2006, is a network of Lasallians within the Lasallian East Asia District established to facilitate
collaboration in the Lasallian Mission and the promotion of the spirit of faith, zeal for service
and communion in mission. There are currently sixteen Lasallian Educational Institutions in the
Philippines.[3] De La Salle Philippines replaced the De La Salle University System which was
established under the presidency of Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC in 1987 as a response to the rapid
expansion of Lasallian schools nationwide.

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In line with the Lasallian Mission, the network holds various projects that serve the poor,
improves their welfare. Among these are the One La Salle Scholarship Fund, which aims to
support 20 percent of each La Salle School's student population as full scholars by 2011, the
centenary of Lasallian presence in the Philippines. Deel Both the Congregation of Christian
Brothers or Irish Christian Brothers, and the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools or
Lasallian Christian Brothers run educational and other institutions with "Christian Brothers" in
the title. Lasallian educational institutions[ are educational institutions affiliated with the
Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, also known as the De La Salle Brothers or the
De La Salle Christian Brothers, a Roman Catholic religious teaching order founded by French
Priest Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, who was canonized in 1900 and proclaimed by the Vatican
in 1950 as patron saint of all teachers. The De La Salle Brothers, say that, assisted by more than
73,000 lay colleagues, they teach over 900,000 students in 80 countries. The US-based La Salle
International Foundation, which supports global educational and other networks of the De La
Salle Brothers, say on their Web site that they sponsor educational projects and support schools
in 80 countries; and that they give special attention to youth at risk, including those
"educationally excluded, street children, orphans, victims of child abuse, drug addicts, disabled
youth, individuals with mental illness, migrant and refugee youth, HIV+ and AIDS children,
child victims of war, juvenile offenders, child laborers, victims of child trafficking, ethnic
minorities, disadvantaged girls, and impoverished children.
Local Studies
The Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology started as a vocational course at the
Wright Institute in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija where young Filipinos were trained in
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woodworking and basic telegraphy, the said vocational course lasted until S.Y. 1927-1928 when
the general secondary education course was transferred to Cabanatuan City.
On June 9, 1929 the school was renamed Nueva Ecija Trade School (NETS) in accordance with
Vocational Education Act 3377 of 1929. The NETS was based in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija,
offering vocational opportunities to the youth of the province. The first and only vocational
course being offered then was woodworking. That course was an addition to the existing
secondary curriculum inherited from the Wright Institute.
To meet with the increasing demand for vocational education in province, on June 7, 1931 the
trade school was transferred to Cabanatuan City. Enrolment increased; however, the program was
interrupted in December 1941 by the outbreak of the Second World War in the Pacific.
After the war, the trade school immediately reopened on September 6, 1945 and rehabilitation
programs took place. The trade school continued with its mission of meeting the vocational and
manpower needs of the students coming from both Nueva Ecija and nearby provinces. On June
8, 1948, a course in dressmaking was opened and for the first time female students were admitted
in the school. A few years later, a food and cosmetology course was also offered.
On May 28, 1953, the NETS was converted into the Central Luzon School of Arts and Trades
(CLSAT) by the virtue of Republic Act No. 845. CLSAT was recognized as a center of
manpower and vocational training for both the youth and the adults not only in the province but
also in the whole of Region III. Series of developments continued until the CLSAT was
converted into the Central Luzon Polytechnic College (CLPC) by the virtue of Republic Act.
No. 3998 which was signed on June 18, 1964 by then President Diosdado Macapagal.
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Thirty-four years later, under the leadership of then University President Gemiliano C. Calling,
the Bill converting CLPC into NEUST was signed by House Speaker Jose de Venecia on
February 19, 1998 and was forwarded to President Fidel V. Ramos on February 24, 1998. The
bill lapsed into Law on March 27, 1998 as Republic Act. No. 8612, converting CLPC into a
specialized university the Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology.
Today, NEUST is expanding not only in terms of program offerings, number of students and land
acquisitions, but also in terms of linkages with local and international entities. As part of the
expansion, the University has brought its graduate and undergraduate programs in China and has
also hosted the South Korea's Master of Science in Information Technology, which is being
offered at NEUST by the Hannam University. Still expanding, NEUST hopes to soon be at the
peak of development and excellence.[

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Chapter 3
Research Methodology
This chapter discusses the method of research to be used by the researcher in
order to obtain and treat data that will be used in conducting the study. The main concern
is to present the procedures to be used in gathering consolidations and statistically
qualifying the information which served as basis for the establishment of the trend of the
reactions to the topic discussed in this study.
Methodology
The researchers will use the descriptive method in gathering data in determining
the The Impact of acquisition of NECDI as perceived by old staff and
students .Descriptive Method of Research will be used by the researchers because this
type of methods describe the nature of phenomenon under investigation after a survey of
current trends, practices and condition that relate to that phenomenon. Descriptive studies
involve analysis of an extremely broad range of phenomena. Its result is comprehensive
presentation and interpretation of statistical tabulations of data yielded by a survey.
(Barrientos-Tan, 2006)
According to Calderon (1993), Descriptive research also answered questions and
satisfies curiosity about a certain phenomenon. It also describes and elaborates the nature
and causes of an existing phenomenon at the time of the study.

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The Research Locale

The data gathering will be conducted at the Campus of the Our Lady Fatima
University district formerly the Nueva Ecija Doctors Colleges INC. in Cabanatuan City.
Sample and sampling procedures
The researchers employed convenience sampling, it is the sampling where the
respondents are considered their availability. The researcher got respondents from the
target campus which is the Our Lady of Fatima University formerly the Nueva Ecija
Doctors Colleges Inc. The respondents were ten(10 )staff and thirty (30) students and of
the said University.
Construction and validation of the instrument
The research instrument to be used in data gathering is questionnaire checklist. It
is the most appropriate tool in collecting data, all information the researchers want to
know are already there and the respondents answered based on the options given.

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Data Gathering Instrument and Procedure

The researchers will ask permission from the School administration and to the research

in

conducting the instrument. Each item will be explained to the respondents to assure that they will
understand and can give the correct responses. All results are in confidentiality and in trust. The
researchers seek also the assistance of respondents to come up with analysis interpretation and
conclusions of the study entitled PERCEPTIONS OF THE STAFF AND STUDENTS
OFNUEVA ECIJA DOCTORS COLLEGE INC. ON THE ACQUISITION OF OUR LADY
OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY The researchers administered questionnaires to the selected
respondents. As a result, it helps in bringing ideas on the subject studied. The researchers also
employed

personal interviews and observation in some instances, such as when certain

information seems not accurate.

Statistical Treatment of Data
The researchers will use the following statistical tools.
Frequency Distribution
It is tabular arrangement of data by classes or categories together with their
corresponding class frequencies. Class frequency refers to the number of the observations
belonging to a class interval, or the number of the items within the categories a class
interval is a grouping or category defined by a lower limit band upper limit (Tan, 2006).
P% = F/N X 1OO
Where:
P= Percentage
F= Frequency of distribution
N= total number of respondents
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a. For weighted mean:

TWF
WM = _______
n
Where:
WM = stands for weighted mean
f = stands for frequencies
W = stands for weighted
TWF = stands for weighted frequency
n = total number of respondents
The table of equivalent which is the basis of the interpretation of the data will be:

Scale

Weight

Verbal Interpretation

4.21-5.00

Very Good

3.41-4.20

Good

2.61-3.40

Fair

1.81-2.60

Poor

1.00-1.80

Very Poor

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Ranking. These statistical treatments were utilized to discuss positional advantages. Ranking is
the placement of an item in category of more or less than the same item. It simply says that one
is higher than the other, Five (5) is the highest and one (1) is the lowest.

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Chapter 4
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
The data gathered and organized are shown and reflected on the various tables presented
in this particular chapter.
A.

PROFILE OF THE RESPONDENTS

Respondents Personal Profile

To understand the knowledge and competency of the participants to become respondents in
this study, their profile are presented below.
The following table presents the distribution and percentage of the demographic profile of
the respondents as to age.
TABLE 1.1
Profile of the Respondents as to Age
Respondents
Age Range

Staff

Students

Rank

Rank
20 and below
21-25
26-30
31-35
36-40
41-45
46-50
TOTAL
As to ages of the staff

F
0
O
0
1
0
7
2
10

%
0
0
0
10
0
70
20
100

3
0
1
2

F
25
5
0
O
0
0
0
30

%
83
16
0
0
0
0
0
100

1
2

ranked first were the 41-45 years old with a frequency of 7 or

70 percent, ranked second were the 46-50 years old with a frequency of 2 or 20 percent, rank
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three were the 31-35 years old with 1 or 10 percent, while the students , ranked first were the
ages of 20 years and below has a frequency of 25 or 83 percent, ranked second is 21-25 years old
and with a frequency of 5 or 16. percent .
As can be derived in the findings, majority of the two groups of respondents are already in
their late brackets. This late age brackets of the respondents are a clear manifestation that they
are at the right age which they have already acquired wisdom and knowledge regarding their
responsibility being a staff and students

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TABLE 1.2
Profile of Respondents as to Gender
Respondents
Students
Rank

Staff
Gender
Male
Female
TOTAL

F
3
7
10

%
30
70
100%

F
10
20
30

Rank
%
33.3
66.6
100%

2
1

The table 1.2 shows that there are 3 or 30 respondents were male while female has a
frequency of 7 or 70 percent and among the students ranked first were females with a frequency
of 20 or 66.6 percent followed by males with a frequency of 10 or 33.3 percent
Female dominates both in the staff and These means that there are more females staff in
OLFO and more female students taking tourism as their course.

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TABLE 1.3
Profile of Respondents as to Civil Status
Respondents
Status

Staff

Students

Rank

Rank
Single
Married
Widowed
Separated
TOTAL

F
0
10
0
0
10

%
0
100
0
0
100

F
28
2

%
93.3
6.6

0
40

0
100

1
2
0

As shown on the table, staff are all married with a frequency of 10 or 100 percent ,while
from the students majority are still single with a frequency of 28 respondents or 93.3 percent,;2
or 6.6 is already married.
Based on findings most of the respondents are married, and married person can be described
as person with strong personality and has quality of good decision making regarding their line
of duty or in the nature of their profession.The consolidated data indicates that staff are females
This only proved that teaching professions is a female dominated vocation. These means that
the . Responsibility involves being accountable for ones own behaviour within the context of the
family.that Successful marriage depends upon the mutual assumption, sharing, and division of
responsibility in the family. In marriages in which couples report a high degree of satisfaction,
two conditions exist in relation to the division of responsibility: there is a fairly equal division of
labour, and gender-role performance matches gender-role expectations.

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TABLE 1.4
Profile of Respondents as to Highest Educational Attainment
Respondents
Educational
Attainment

Staff

Students

High School Graduate

F
0

%
0

Post-Graduate

30

College Graduate/ Baccauluarte

70

College Undergraduate
TOTAL

Rank

Rank

10

100

F
0

%
0

13.3

26

86.6

30

100

As can be seen from the table most of the Staff respondents has their Baccalaureate
degree with a frequency of 7 or 70 percent, ranked one were with Post Graduate and those who
with 3 or 30 percent, while in the students , ranked first were college undergraduate with 26 or
86.6 percent, ranked second were those who are college graduate with 4 or 13.3 percent
This is a clear manifestation that most of the respondents in staff possessed the required
knowledge in dealing with the performance of duties and functions especially in effectiveness of
leadership.
Majority of the staff are qualified enough in their job because they posses educational
qualification needed in the organization while in the students

majority of the are well

knowledgeable to handle something responsible because they possess educational qualification

to be a professional .

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TABLE 1.5
Profile of Respondents as to Years in residency

Years in Residency

Respondents
Staff

Students

Rank

Rank
1-5
6-10
11-15
16-20
TOTAL

F
1
0
1
8
10

%
10
0
10
80
100

2.5
0
2.5
1

F
12
8
2
8
30

%
40
26
6
26
100

1
2.5
4
2.5

As can be seen from the table most of the respondents has long period of residency
and has frequency of 16 to20 years in residency with a frequency of 8 or 80 percent , ranked two
point five were 1-5 years and those who have 11-15 years n residency with a frequency of 1
or 10 percent while the students who has 1-5 years in residency are 12 or 40 percent ranked
one, for the ranked two point five are 8 or 26 percent who has 6-10 and 16 to 20 years in
residency 2 or 6 percent of the students has 11 to 15 years in service.
As can be elicited in the findings most of the respondents in the two groups has their
residency

for a long time and had enough experience and knowledge to handle their

responsibility as an effective leaders

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II. PERCEPTIONS OF THE STAFF AND STUDENTS OF NUEVA ECIJA DOCTORS

COLLEGE INC. ON THE ACQUISITION OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY

THE PERCEPTION OF THE STAFF AND STUDENTS ON THE ACQUISITION OF NUEVA

ECIJA DOCTORS

COLLEGES INC. TO OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY AS

REGARDS TO :
Table 2.1
Administration

RESPONDENTS
Staff
Students

Items
WM
1.Involves planning and budgeting, organizing and
staffing, and controlling and measuring.
2. It involves the whole range of activities directed
towards achieving organizational goals

R
5

3.2

WM

VI
G

R
5.5

3.5
1.5
2

4.6
3.Seeks the maximum utilization of available
resources in the best possible interest of an
enterprise.
4.More specific, to manage means to forecast and to
plan, to organize, to command, to coordinate, and to
control.
5.Creating the internal environment of an enterprise
where individuals working together in groups can
perform efficiently and effectively toward the
attainment of group goals.
6.Establish the specific measurable objectives that
are used to monitor the organizations progress
towards the goals
7. Management deals with human behavior which is
subject to constant changes and cannot be predicted
on the basis of absolute laws and experiments.
8.There is an strict implementation of school rules
OVER ALL MEAN

VI
F

VG

G
4.2

VG

1.5

3.5

5.5

F
G

3.5

1
5.0

4.2
G

3.8

3.2
4
G

3.5

3.9
F

3.1
3.0
2.9
3.6

3.5
F

F
G

3.4
3.9
3.7

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Table 2.1 shows the Level of perception of the staff and students on the acquisition of nueva
ecija doctors

colleges inc. to our lady of fatima university as regards to administration:

Gleaned from the table, the respondents-staff gave their assessments with an overall mean of 3.6,
interpreted as Good. The highest mean assessment was on 3.Seeks the maximum utilization of
available resources in the best possible interest of an enterprise.y(x=5.0) and the lowest was on
the There is an strict implementation of school rules (x=2.9) while the responses of the students
which has an overall mean of 3.7 interpreted as Good the highest mean was on 2. It involves
the whole range of activities directed towards achieving organizational goals3.Seeks the
maximum utilization of available resources in the best possible interest of an enterprise. Both has
weighted mean of (4.2) interpreted as Good and the lowest mean was on More specific, to
manage means to forecast and to plan, to organize, to command, to coordinate, and to control.
Has aweighted mean of 3.2 interpreted as Fair
This could be implied that both groups of the respondents were both perceieved as
Good in terms of their perception on the acquisition of Nueva Ecija Doctors

Colleges inc.

to our lady of fatima university as regards to administration:

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Table 2.2
Faculty and Staff

RESPONDENTS
Staff
Students

Items
1.Hired calibre faculty
2.Gives attention to the professional growth of the
faculty.
3.Faculty and staffs program will be implemented
consistently.
4.Gives appropriate ratio of faculty and staff to the
school population.
5.supports the significance of faculty development in
preparing members of the academy for faculty roles.
6. form or providing orientation, mentoring, and
resources for research and teachingwhich is
effective in socializing new faculty
7. provide an opportunity to enhance faculty
recruitment and retention
8.Gives rewards or awards to the excelling faculty
and staffs
9.Raises salary to both faculty and staffs
OVER ALL MEAN

WM
3.1
4.2

VI
F
F

R
9
8

WM
5.0
4.4

VI
VG
VG

R
1
7

4.3

VG

4.5

VG

4.4

VG

4.9

VG

4.5

VG

4.8

VG

4.9

VG

4.6

VG

5.0

VG

4.7

VG
4

4.8

VG

4.0

VG

4.7
4.4

VG
VG

3.9
4.5

VG
VG

Table 2.2 shows the Level of perception of the staff and students on the acquisition of
nueva ecija doctors

colleges inc. to our lady of fatima university as regards to faculty and

staff Gleaned from the table, the respondents-staff gave their assessments with an overall mean
of 4.4 3.6, interpreted as Very Good. The highest mean assessment was on provide an
opportunity to enhance faculty recruitment and retention which has a weighted mean of 5.0
interpreted as Very Good and the lowest mean was on the Hired calibre faculty has a weighted
mean of 3.1 interpreted as Fair as regards to the perceptions of the students an over all
assessment was 4.5 interpreted as Very Good the highest mean was on the Hired calibre faculty
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has aweighted mean of 5.0 interpreted as Very good while the lowest mean was on .Raises
salary to both faculty and staffs has a weighted mean of 3.9 interpreted as Fair
This could be implied that both groups of the respondents were both perceieved as
Very Good in terms of their perception on the acquisition of Nueva Ecija Doctors
Colleges inc. to our lady of fatima university as regards to Faculty and staff.

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Table 2.3
Facilities

RESPONDENTS
Staff
Students

Items
1.There will be an innovation of facility.
2.Maintenance repairs and replacements, identified
by a comprehensive facilities condition audit of
buildings, grounds, fixed equipment, and
infrastructure needs
3.Required to replace equipment that is no longer
adequate to meet the needs of the facility.
4.New construction or renovation required to
support educational program changes.
5.Gives attention to the repair and innovation of the
facility
OVER ALL MEAN

WM
4.5
4.9

VI
VG
VG

R
5
3

WM
4.9
4.9

VI
VG
VG

R
3.5
3.5

5.0

VG

1.5

5.0

VG

1.5

5.0

VG

1.5

5.0

VG

1.5

4.8

VG

4.8

VG

4.8

VG

4.9

VG

Table 2.3 shows the Level of perception of the staff and students on the acquisition of
nueva ecija doctors

colleges inc. to our lady of fatima university as regards to

Facilities

Gleaned from the table, the respondents-staff gave their assessments with an overall mean of 4.8
interpreted as Very Good. The highest mean assessment was on 3.Required to replace
equipment that is no longer adequate to meet the needs of the facility. And 4.New construction or
renovation required to support educational program changes.both has weighted mean of 5.0
interpreted as Very Good and the lowest assessment was on There will be an innovation of
facility. Has weighted mean of 4.5 interpreted as Very Good as regards to studentss
perception the over all mean was 4.9 interpreted as Very Good, the highest mean was on
3.Required to replace equipment that is no longer adequate to meet the needs of the facility.and
4.New construction or renovation required to support educational program changes both has
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weighted mean of 5.0 interpreted as Very good the lowest mean was the Gives attention to the
repair and innovation of the facility has weighted mean of 4.8 interpreted as Very good
This could be implied that both groups of the respondents
perceptions towards on the acquisition of Nueva Ecija Doctors

were similar in their

Colleges inc. to our lady

of fatima university as regards to Facilities.

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Chapter 4
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
This chapter present the summary of findings based on the data gathered from the
respondents, the conclusion arrived at, and the recommendations offered.

SUMMARY
This study sought to investigate the Perceptions of the staff and students of NEDCI on
the Acquisition of OLFU
The study used the descriptive method of research; Descriptive research is defined as the fact

finding with adequate interpretation and the true meaning of the data collected are reported from
the point of view of the objective and basic assumption of the research.The respondents were the
selected Ten (10) staff and Thirty (30 students ) involved in the study from the subject Our Lady of
Fatima University using convenience sampling.

In analyzing the data, the statistical tools used were the descriptive statistics such as the
frequency, weighted mean and the ranking system, the study covered this second semester
School Year 2015-2016
Specifically, it answered the following questions:

1.What is the profile of the respondents according to:

1.1 age;
1.2 gender;
1.3 civil status;
1.5 Highest educational attainment , and
1.6 residency ?
2. What is the perception of the staff and students on the acquisition of Nueva Ecija
Colleges to OLFU as regards to the following:
2.1 Administrative;
2.2 Faculty; and Staff;
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2.3facilities ?
3. What is the significant relationship between the perception of the old staff with the of
students?
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
I.

Profile of the Respondents

Age
As to ages of the staff

ranked first were the 41-45 years old with a frequency of 7

or 70 percent, ranked second were the 46-50 years old with a frequency of 2 or 20
percent, rank three were the 31-35 years old with 1 or 10 percent, while the students
, ranked first were the ages of 20 years and below has a frequency of 25 or 83 percent,
ranked second is 21-25 years old and with a frequency of 5 or 16. percent .
Gender
there are 3 or 30 respondents were male while female has a frequency of 7 or 70
percent and among the students ranked first were females with a frequency of 20 or 66.6 percent
followed by males with a frequency of 10 or 33.3 percent
Civil Status
The , staff are all married with a frequency of 10 or 100 percent ,while from the students
majority are still single with a frequency of 28 respondents or 93.3 percent,;2 or 6.6 is already
married.
Highest Educational Attainment
Most of the Staff respondents has their Baccalaureate degree with a frequency of 7 or 70
percent, ranked one were with Post Graduate and those who with 3 or 30 percent, while in the

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students , ranked first were college undergraduate with 26 or 86.6 percent, ranked second were
those who are college graduate with 4 or 13.3 percent
Years in residency
Most of the respondents has long period of residency and has frequency of 16 to20
years in residency with a frequency of 8 or 80 percent , ranked two point five were 1-5 years
and

those who have 11-15 years n residency with a frequency of 1 or 10 percent while the

students who has 1-5 years in residency are 12 or 40 percent ranked one, for the ranked two
point five are 8 or 26 percent who has 6-10 and 16 to 20 years in residency 2 or 6 percent of the
students has 11 to 15 years in service.
II. PERCEPTIONS OF THE STAFF AND STUDENTS OF NUEVA ECIJA DOCTORS
COLLEGE INC. ON THE ACQUISITION OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY

THE PERCEPTION OF THE STAFF AND STUDENTS ON THE ACQUISITION OF NUEVA

ECIJA DOCTORS COLLEGES INC. TO OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY AS
REGARDS TO :

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Administration
The Level of perception of the staff and students on the acquisition of nueva ecija
doctors

colleges inc. to our lady of fatima university as regards to administration: Gleaned

from the table, the respondents-staff gave their assessments with an overall mean of 3.6,
interpreted as Good. The highest mean assessment was on 3.Seeks the maximum utilization of
available resources in the best possible interest of an enterprise.y(x=5.0) and the lowest was on
the There is an strict implementation of school rules (x=2.9) while the responses of the students
which has an overall mean of 3.7 interpreted as Good the highest mean was on 2. It involves
the whole range of activities directed towards achieving organizational goals3.Seeks the
maximum utilization of available resources in the best possible interest of an enterprise. Both has
weighted mean of (4.2) interpreted as Good and the lowest mean was on More specific, to
manage means to forecast and to plan, to organize, to command, to coordinate, and to control.
Has aweighted mean of 3.2 interpreted as Fair
Faculty and Staff
The Level of perception of the staff and students on the acquisition of nueva ecija
doctors

colleges inc. to our lady of fatima university as regards to faculty and staff Gleaned

from the table, the respondents-staff gave their assessments with an overall mean of 4.4 3.6,
interpreted as Very Good. The highest mean assessment was on provide an opportunity to
enhance faculty recruitment and retention which has a weighted mean of 5.0 interpreted as Very
Good and the lowest mean was on the Hired calibre faculty has a weighted mean of 3.1
interpreted as Fair as regards to the perceptions of the students an over all assessment was 4.5
interpreted as Very Good the highest mean was on the Hired calibre faculty has aweighted mean

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of 5.0 interpreted as Very good while the lowest mean was on .Raises salary to both faculty
and staffs has a weighted mean of 3.9 interpreted as Fair
Facilities
The Level of perception of the staff and students on the acquisition of nueva ecija
doctors

colleges inc. to our lady of fatima university as regards to

Facilities

Gleaned

from the table, the respondents-staff gave their assessments with an overall mean of 4.8
interpreted as Very Good. The highest mean assessment was on 3.Required to replace
equipment that is no longer adequate to meet the needs of the facility. And 4.New construction or
renovation required to support educational program changes.both has weighted mean of 5.0
interpreted as Very Good and the lowest assessment was on There will be an innovation of
facility. Has weighted mean of 4.5 interpreted as Very Good as regards to studentss
perception the over all mean was 4.9 interpreted as Very Good, the highest mean was on
3.Required to replace equipment that is no longer adequate to meet the needs of the facility.and
4.New construction or renovation required to support educational program changes both has
weighted mean of 5.0 interpreted as Very good the lowest mean was the Gives attention to the
repair and innovation of the facility has weighted mean of 4.8 interpreted as Very good
CONCLUSION
In the light of the foregoing summary of findings, the following conclusions were drawn:
1. As can be derived in the findings, majority of the two groups of respondents are already in their
late brackets. Majority of both staff and students are femalee, married for the staff and single for
the students acquired good educational background to be a good educational leaders

2. That both respondents has their very good perceptions towards the acquisition
of nueva ecija doctors colleges inc. to our lady of fatima university as regards to :
administration, faculty and staff and to school facilities.

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RECOMMENDATION
Based on the findings presented the following recommendations are hereby offered:
1. That Every staff and faculty of OLFO should attend the Seminars and training for the
development

of leadership s and public relation so that the good relationship between

school staff , fasculty and administration as well as students is enhanced.

2. The new administrative officers as well as the owner or any other leaders of OLFO must
consider modifying elements of their responsibilities, task and jobs to obtain better watch
with their preferred style of leadership.
3. Personnel, staff and administrative officers as well as the teaching forces should find
ways to work closely and collaboratively with their new management in order to
maximize benefits that they receive through newly leadership of the institution.
4. Other studies related to this study be conducted as an off shoot of the current study.

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SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
Directions: Please put a check mark () on the blank provided before each item applicable to
you. In other items, you may write anything you would like to add on the blanks provided by
others.
I. Profile of Respondents
1.1 Age
20 and below
21-35 years old
36-55 years old
56- years old and above
1.2 Gender
Male
Female
1.3 Civil Status
Single
Married
Widow/widower
Separated
1.4 Educational Attainment
High School Graduate
Post-Graduate
College Graduate
College Undergraduate
1.5 residency
1-5 years
6-10 years
11 years and above

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Direction: Please put a (/) check mark to any of the number that best express your honest
opinion as perceive in the changing the name of the school using the following scales:
5 Very good
4- Good
3- Fair
2- Poor
1- Very Poor
1. What is the perception of the staff and students on the acquisition of Nueva Ecija
Doctors Colleges Inc. to Our Lady of Fatima University as regards to :
2.1 Administration
ITEMS
5
1.Involves
planning
and
budgeting,
organizing and staffing, and controlling and
measuring.
2. It involves the whole range of activities
directed towards achieving organizational
goals
3.Seeks the maximum utilization of available
resources in the best possible interest of an
enterprise.
4.More specific, to manage means to forecast
and to plan, to organize, to command, to
coordinate, and to control.
5.Creating the internal environment of an
enterprise where individuals working
together in groups can perform efficiently
and effectively toward the attainment of
group goals.
6.Establish
the
specific
measurable
objectives that are used to monitor the
organizations progress towards the goals
7. Management deals with human behavior
which is subject to constant changes and
cannot be predicted on the basis of absolute
laws and experiments.
8.There is an strict implementation of school
rules

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2.2 Faculty and Staffs

5

1.Hired calibre faculty

2.Gives attention to the professional growth
of the faculty.
3.Faculty and staffs program will be
implemented consistently.
4.Gives appropriate ratio of faculty and staff
to the school population.
5.supports the significance of faculty
development in preparing members of the
academy for faculty roles.
6. form or providing orientation, mentoring,
and resources for research and teaching
which is effective in socializing new faculty
7. provide an opportunity to enhance faculty
recruitment and retention
8.Gives rewards or awards to the excelling
faculty and staffs
9.Raises salary to both faculty and staffs

2.4 Facilities
5

1.There will be an innovation of facility.

2.Maintenance repairs and replacements,
identified by a comprehensive facilities
condition audit of buildings, grounds, fixed
equipment, and infrastructure needs
3.Required to replace equipment that is no
longer adequate to meet the needs of the
facility.
4.New construction or renovation required to
support educational program changes.
5.Gives attention to the repair and innovation
of the facility

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OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY

Cabanatuan city

________________
Dean
College of Tourism
Our Lady of Fatima University
Cabanatuan City
Dear Madam,
Greetings!
We, the Tourism students of Our Lady of Fatima University presently working for our
research study entitled Perceptions of the staff and students of NEDCI on the Acquisition of
OLFU would like to request permission from your good office to conduct an interview to staff
and students of the University.
Your utmost approval will be highly appreciated.
Thank you and God Bless.
Very Truly Yours,
The researchers
Approved by:

_____________________
Dean
College of Tourism
Noted by:

_________________________
Research Adviser

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