An Analysis of the Competency of First Year BS Accountancy Students:

A Basis for Curriculum Development

This questionnaire is designed to analyze of the competency of first year BS

accountancy students as a basis for curriculum development. You are requested to
accomplish the general questionnaire carefully and honestly. None of your answer will
be considered wrong.

Rest assured that any information that you will provide will be treated with the
greatest confidentiality and anonymity.

Part I. Demographic Profile of the Respondents

Name (Optional):__________________________________

1. Sex: ( ) Male M ( ) Female F 2. Age: actual years old

3. Educational Background

a) School Graduated: name of school

b) Type of School: (1) Public (2) Private (3) Semi-Private

c) Track Taken in Senior High School:

( 1 ) Accountancy, Business and Management (ABM)
( 2 ) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
( 3 ) General Academic (GAS)
( 4 ) Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS)
( 5 ) Technical-Vocational-Livelihood (TVL)

If your answer is ABM, please answer the following questions. If not, kindly disregard
the following.
My teacher in Fundamentals of Accounting, Business and Management 1 is a
(1) Certified Public Accountant
(2) Bachelor of Science in Accountancy Graduate
(3) Other Business Related Course Graduate

My teacher in Fundamentals of Accounting, Business and Management 2 is a

(1) Certified Public Accountant
(2) Bachelor of Science in Accountancy Graduate
(3) Other Business Related Course Graduate
d) Academic Distinction: (1) With highest Honors
(2) With high honors
(3) With Honors
(4) Achiever
(5) None
 e) Grades (Average): ACTUAL GRADES (E-G)
Reading/Language Related Subjects:
_____ Oral Communication in Context
_____ English for Academic and Professional Purposes
_____ Reading and Writing Skills

Mathematics Related Subjects:

_____ General Mathematics
_____ Statistics and Probability
_____ Business Mathematics

Critical Thinking Related Subjects:

_____ Research in Daily Life 1
_____ Research in Daily Life 2
_____ Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person

Accounting Related Subjects: (Do not answer for Non-ABM Graduates)

_____ Fundamentals of Accounting, Business and Management 1
_____ Fundamentals of Accounting, Business and Management 2

f) General Average: ACTUAL Grade 11 ____% Grade 12 ____%

g) Midterm Examination Results: Raw Score ____ points

Raw Score Percentage ____ %

4. Number of Accounting Related Professionals in the Family ACTUAL

NUMBER, KUNG NONE AY ZERO
( ) One ( ) Three
( ) Two ( ) Others, please specify ______

5. Student Profile
a. Student Type
(1) Full Time Student (2) Not a Full Time Student

If your answer is Full time student, disregard the following questions. If

your answer is not a fulltime student, please answer the following
questions: KAPAG FULL TIME ANG SAGOT, LIGDANGAN ITO

Are you a working student? (1) Yes (2) No

Are you a student assistant? (1) Yes (2) No

b. Scholarship/s Received
(lagyan ng 1 kung aling scholarship ang chinekan)
( ) DOST Scholarship
( ) CHED/Tulong-Dunong Scholarship
 ( ) Provincial Student Assistance Scholarship
( ) City Government Scholarship
( ) University Scholarship
( ) Others, please specify _______________________________
_______________________________
_______________________________

c. Student Organizations this current Semester

(Curricular and Non-Curricular)
Lahat ay merong curricular, kasi JPIA bale 1 yun sa curricular
Ang position M-member, O- officer
Kung non curricular, ay katulad lang din sa curri.

Name of Organization Position

1._________________________________________ _____________
2._________________________________________ _____________
3._________________________________________ _____________
4._________________________________________ _____________
Statement of the Problem
The study aims to analyze the competencies of first year BS Accountancy
students as a basis for curriculum development.
Specifically, this study sought to answer the following questions:
1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of:
1.1 Sex
1.2 Age
1.3 Educational Background
1.3.1 School Graduated
1.3.2 Type of School
1.3.3 Track Taken in Senior High School
1.3.4 Academic Distinction
1.3.5 Grades
1.3.6 General Average
1.3.7 Basic Accounting Midterm Examinations Results
1.4 Number of Accounting Related Professionals in the Family
1.5 Student Profile
1.5.1 Student Type
1.5.2 Scholarship/s Received
1.5.3 Participation in Student Organizations

2. Determine the performance in midterm examinations of the respondents in

terms of:
2.1 Accounting Theory/Concepts
2.2 Problem Solving Questions
2.3 Both Concepts and Problems

3. Is there a relationship between the respondents’ grades in Reading/Language

and Arts, Mathematics and Critical Thinking and their accounting competence
in terms of:
3.1 Accounting Theory/Concepts
3.2 Problem Solving Questions
 3.3 Both Concepts and Problems

4. Is there a relationship between the respondents’ grades in accounting related

subjects in senior high school and their accounting competence in terms of:
4.1 Accounting Theory/Concepts
4.2 Problem Solving

5. What are the demographic factors that have effects on the accounting
competence of the respondents?

6. Based on the findings, what is/are the proposed guidelines and/or activities
for the development of the curriculum?