Philippine E-Journals

Performance of the BS Biology Program of Selected State and Private Universities in the National Capital Region: Basis for Alternative Program Improvement Models

Maria Lourdes C. Aguirre

 

Abstract:

The need to evaluate curriculum arises because it is necessary for both teachers and students to determine the extent to which their current curricular program and its implementation have produced positive and suitable outcomes for students. The study attempted to assess the performance of the BS Biology Program of selected state and private universities in the National Capital Region, Philippines as the basis for Alternative Program Improvement Models. The study followed the descriptive-evaluative method of research and made use of researcher-adapted questionnaires to perform the evaluation of the BS Biology Program of two state and two private universities in the National Capital Region. Descriptive and inferential measures were utilized in the treatment of data gathered from the study including frequency counts, percentage, mean, ranking and analysis of variance tests. The results revealed that there are no significant differences in the over-all perceptions of the groups of respondents on the intents and actualities of the BS Biology Program in the four institutions taken separately as well as in the state and private universities. The study concludes that an Alternative Improvement Model is now an integral part of both the state and private universities offering the BS Biology Program in the National Capital Region.