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Relevancy of Shipyard Visitation Towards the Retention of Bsname Students at Asian Institute of Maritime Studies

Editho C. Demolde Jr. | Jessa Leona Lanestosa

 

Abstract:

This study examines the relevancy of conducting Shipyard visitation towards the retention of BSNAME students at Asian Institute of Maritime Studies. Different factors to be considered in visiting Shipyard were assessed in terms of: personnel; management: rules and regulation, safety precaution, affiliations and infrastructures. To clearly assess the importance of Shipyard visitation, this study investigates its perceived importance in terms of Objective of the Course, Student Interest and Shipyard Company. The study employed 30 enrolled BSNAME students of Asian Institute of Maritime Studies as respondents. Descriptive survey method was utilized using self-made questionnaires to gather data. Percentage was employed for the profile of the respondents; weighted mean using Five Point Likert scale to determine the different factors to be considered in visiting Shipyard and the perceived importance of Shipyard visitation; Analysis of Variance is applied to investigate if there was a significance difference in the perceived importance of Shipyard visitation when respondents were grouped according to their demographic profile towards the retention of BSNAME students at Asian Institute of Maritime Studies. The study revealed that most of the enrolled BSNAME students of Asian Institute of Maritime Studies are 1st year, 2nd year and 3rd year Level (26.67%). Most of the respondents are Male (53.33%) and majority of them was 1st timer (80%) in visiting Shipyard. Enrolled BSNAME students of Asian Institute of Maritime Studies revealed that generally, they strongly agreed that Personnel (4.92), Management: Rules and Regulations, Safety Precautions and Affiliations (4.58) and Infrastructures (4.53) are the different factors that should be consider in visiting a Shipyard. On the other hand, AIMS BSNAME students perceived the importance of Shipyard visitation extremely important in terms of Objective of the Course (4.71), Student's Interest (4.59) and Shipyard Company (4.53). Lastly it was found out that there was no significant difference between the perceived importance of Shipyard visitation in terms of Objective of the Course, Student’s Interest & Shipyard Company and demographic profile of the respondents. This indicates that the respondents do not differ significantly on their perception of the importance of shipyard visitation to the retention of BSNAME students at Asian Institute of Maritime Studies.