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The Vo-Ag Program of the World-Bank-Supported Experimental Agricultural High Schools in the Philippines
Dissertation Abstract:
The main objective of the study was to determine the relationship between some factors and achievements in the supervised farming program as the core of instruction in vocational agriculture in the experimental agricultural high schools.
Subjects of the study were 132 students, 62 teachers, 25 administrators and 34 parents covered by 11 experimental agricultural high schools in the first semester of school year 1975-1976. Data were gathered by means of a structured questionnaire and analyzed with the use of ANOVA, chi-square test, frequency counts, averages and percentages.
The most significant factors found to be related to accomplishments in supervised farming were choice of projects by the individual, parents agreeing as loan co-makers, and management and evaluation of the program by the vo-ag teachers and school administrators. The curriculum used was also considered as important with adequate support of physical facilities, laboratory rooms, equipment and supplies, farm machinery and farm tools needed in supervised farming. The faculty as a resource was significantly related to the implementation of the program. Likewise, library facilities and support of the school staff were significantly associated with achievements in supervised farming programs.
The main reasons of the majority of the students for enrolling in the agricultural schools were: the schools serve as centers for training towards establishment in farming, and they prepare the students for jobs in agriculture and allied occupations.
The main reasons of the students for engaging in supervised farming were: provision of experiences necessary in going to jobs allied to farming after graduation, and desire to undertake projects of commercial value.
Analysis of data showed that of the 79 variables used in the study, 52 were found to be significantly related to the