SCHOOL TO WORK TRANSITION IN ON-THE JOB TRAINING FACILITATED BY OJT MONITORING

Abstrak / Ringkasan

The transition from school life to work life of a person is a crucial adjustment period. To help in the transition,
school to work transition programs are provided to students. An example of such program is the On the Job
training (OJT) program. This is being implemented by majority of TVET schools in the Philippines and the same
is true with MFI. Past experiences show that the students in OJT are exposed to difficulties, challenges, and
conflicting situations. The students face predicaments that could make or break them. They need support and
guidance as they apply the things they learned in this stage or level of their life.
The paper presents the best practice of MFI Technological Institute, which is a monitoring scheme for students
devised to respond to the students’ needs during the transition. The scheme is called OJT Monitoring. There are
at least 5 activities under the program. The student reporting, OJT visit, and OJT get-together activities are
highlighted in this paper. This describes each activity and how MFI implement it. The result of the evaluation of
the monitoring specifically the student reporting is also presented. Majority of the students said that the
monitoring helped them in dealing with different problems and in coping, adjusting and preparing them for
work. The main problem encountered by the students was the schedule of the monitoring conflicting with their
schedule at work. All of them recommended the monitoring to be implemented on succeeding batches. There
were also suggestions for improvement in the schedule, the people involved, and the procedure of
implementation.

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