SPATIO-TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF STATES UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES' PERFORMANCE IN TEACHERS BOARD EXAMINATION IN THE PHILIPPINES

Abstract

This paper attempts to examine the spatio-temporal patterns of State Universities and Colleges’ performance in Teachers Board Examination in the Philippines. Descriptive method of research is utilized in this study employing the secondary data of LET Results from the Professional Regulatory Commission and Professional Board Examination Directory. Results reveal that the State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) performed uniformly the same at the Elementary Level Board Examination across time and across typology (University or Colleges). However, significant difference is revealed in SUCs’ performance across geographic location. In the secondary level, significant differences are discovered in SUCs’ performance across time, across geographic location, and across typology. These results of the State Universities and Colleges Board Examination for Teachers, both in elementary and secondary levels, reveal patterns that can be useful for policy formulation in Higher Education. These are the policies on the redundancy of offering BEEd programs to non-normal schools that may actually result to both internal and external inefficiencies in the budget utilization of non-normal SUCs. Moreover, uniformity of compliance to minimum standards among SUCs in terms of providing quality education, regardless of their geographic location through the Regional Offices of CHED; formulation of differentiated policies that are sensitive to the local conditions of the SUCs; and the restriction of the offering of BSEd to state colleges that are, by law, mandated to offer education programs, should also be considered.