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Employment Status, Occupational Aspirations and Training Needs of Rural Out-of-School Youths in Southern Leyte
Thesis Abstract:
The study was undertaken to determine the employment status, occupational aspiration and vocational training needs of rural out-of-school youths (124 males and 64 females) in 12 barrios of four municipalities in the province, who had stopped schooling after graduation from grade six or dropped out of highschool.
On teh average, the youths were in school for 6.58 years and had a general average of 79.25% in their last year in school. Their major reason for leaving school was financial difficulty.
The predominant occupational activity of the respondents was helping in farm work. A few were household helpers, employed in non farm jobs and farming independently. More than 60% were not satisfied with their present employment status.
Most of the youths, aspired for occupations taht require technical, semi-technical and professional skills. On account of socioeconomic contraints, however, most of them expected to be in farming and semi-skilled aninfarm occupations. If circumstances would permit, almost 30% each aspired to finish high school and vocatinal or college education.
Vocational training progra,s most preffered were trade, homemaking, agriculture, hair science and beauty culture, and businness arts, in taht order. The training needs of the rural out-of school youths tended to be associated with sex, employment status and occupational aspirations