📄 Abstract
Teacher education graduates increasingly pursue varied career pathways, with some remaining in formal teaching positions while others transition into leadership roles or non-teaching careers influenced by push, pull, and personal factors. These trends highlight the need for higher education institutions to conduct systematic tracer studies to better understand graduates’ post-employment outcomes and inform continuous program improvement. This study employed a tracer research design to examine the employment outcomes, workplace readiness, and curricular relevance of Bachelor of Secondary Education (BSEd) graduates of Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) from 2020 to 2025. Specifically, it assessed graduates’ employment status, job alignment, work satisfaction, perceived program contributions, and competency development, including the transferability of skills among graduates employed in non-teaching roles. Findings revealed that the majority of BSEd graduates secured employment shortly after graduation, predominantly in teaching positions within the local region. Graduates reported moderate to high levels of work satisfaction, strong alignment between their current occupations and field of specialization, and high levels of workplace readiness and curricular relevance across key competencies. While the results affirm the effectiveness of the BSEd program, they also indicate the need for targeted enhancements, particularly in strengthening research-related competencies to better support diverse career trajectories.
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📚 How to Cite:
Romeo T. Quintos, Jr., Bingo B. Dela Cruz , WORKPLACE READINESS OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION GRADUATES: A TRACER STUDY , Volume 12 , Issue 6, June 2026, EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR) , Pages: 597 - 608 , DOI: https://doi.org/10.36713/epra30494