Department of Science and Technology Science Education

The Science Education Institute (SEI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), by virtue of Republic Act No. 7687, otherwise known as the S&T Scholarship Act of 1994, and Executive Order No. 128, is mandated to undertake efforts in accelerating the production of the country’s S&T human resource through the grant of scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).

Thus, the Tracking Actual Career Experience Report or TRACER Study is regularly conducted by the Institute to track the whereabouts of its scholar-graduates after graduation. This Tracer Study Fact Sheet No. 5 focuses on the employment outcomes of 2,205 DOST-SEI scholar-graduates at the Undergraduate Level, particularly on their employment location and status, including their professional achievements and relevant contributions both in the local and international arena.

The data for this study were obtained mainly from the SEI online registration system of scholar-graduates, and from the TRACER study questionnaires accomplished by the scholar-graduates from October 2018 to December 2019. Hence, the results presented below refer only to the post-scholarship careers of scholar-graduates being studied.

ISSN 2449-4925 | Fact Sheet No. 5December 2020

The TRACER StudyTracking of Actual Career Experience Report (TRACER) Study amongDOST-SEI S&T Scholar Graduates (Undergraduate Level)

Department of Science and TechnologyScience Education Institute

The �gure below shows the number of scholar-graduates tracked from October 2018 until December 2019, by year of graduation, either through registration to the SEI on-line Tracer website at www.sei.dost.gov.ph/tracer or through the accomplished Tracer Survey Forms. As observed, there was an increasing trend in the number of scholars tracked among the graduates of 2016 to 2019.

About this Issue

Scholar-Graduates Tracked by Year Graduated

Figure 1. Number of scholar-graduates tracked by year of graduation

Scholar-graduatesTracked

214

19 27 45 61 35 3782

260

563

862

1978-2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Based on 2,205 respondents.

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Majority of the scholar-graduates tracked were under the R.A. 7687 Scholarship Program (1,330), followed by the JLAP/JLSS (416), R.A. 10612 (326), R.A. 2067 Scholarship Program (126), and other scholarships (7), which includes the Cooperative Pre-Service Education for SM Teachers (3) and Scholarship Program in BSE Physics (4) were observed to have the least number of scholars tracked.

Figure 2. Scholarship program and year of graduation of scholar-graduates tracked

Scholar-Graduates Tracked by Scholarship Program and Year

R.A. 7687

JLAP/JLSS

R.A. 2067 (Merit)

Others0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

1978-2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

R.A. 10612 (JLSS)

181 18 24 42 55 30 31 64 159 294 4327 - - - - 1 1 7 45 110 2453 - 1 - - - 1 8 50 135 12816 1 2 3 6 4 4 3 6 24 577 - - - - - - - - - -

1,330416326126

7

Total

JLAP/JLSSR.A. 7687

R.A. 10612 (JLSS)

R.A. 2067OthersTotal 214 19 27 45 61 35 37 82 260 563 862 2,205



About one-third of the scholars tracked were in the �elds of Natural Sciences (33.0%), Engineering and Technology (32.6%), and Education (29.2%), while only a few in Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences (5.2%). It can be noted that the broad classi�cation of S&T �elds were dominated by female scholar-graduates with 58.1%, 64.1%, and 65.8% in Natural Sciences, Education, and Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, respectively. On the other hand, the Engineering & Technology (55.2%) were dominated by male scholar-graduates.

Figure 3. Field of study and sex of scholar-graduates tracked

Degree by Broad Classification of S&T Fields and Sex (Using 2015 OECD, Frascati Manual)

About 6 in every 10 of the scholars tracked were females (55.9%), while 4 in every 10 were males (44.1%).

Scholar-Graduates Tracked by Sex, Degree Completed, and Broad S&T Classification

Nearly all of the scholar-graduates tracked were BS degree graduates (96.9%), while less than two percent were graduates in Technical (1.6%) and Technician (1.5%) courses.

34 (1.5%)

35 (1.6%)


BS Degree

Technical

Technician

2,136 (96.9%)

Sex

Degree Completed


55.9%

44.1%

Based on 2,205 respondents.Agricultural and

Veterinary Sciences

Education

Engineering and Technology

Natural Sciences 728 (33.0%)

719 (32.6%)

644 (29.2%)

114 (5.2%)

58.1%

44.8%

64.1%

65.8%34.2%

41.9%

55.2%

35.9%


Recently graduated (202) was the most frequent reason for being jobless or not working by the scholars tracked. The other reasons cited were as follows: recently resigned and still looking for a job (34); hired and waiting for deployment (25); recently passed the exam or waiting for their licensure examination result (22); and family or personal matters (22).

Figure 5. Reasons for unemployment of scholar-graduates tracked


2

2

3

22

22

25

34

202

Not specified

Planning to pursue medicine andscholarship abroad

Planning/Preparing towork abroad

Family/Personal matters

Just passed the board exam/Waiting for the licensure exam result

Hired, waiting fordeployment

Recently resigned andstill looking for a job

Recently graduated

Based on 288 respondents (multiple responses).

Reasons for Unemployment (Jobless/Not Working)

About 7 in every 10 scholars tracked were employed (68.2%), while 3 in every 10 were unemployed (31.8%). Majority of them were females. Among the employed, most were working in various agencies/companies (97.9%), while 2.1% were self-employed. Among the unemployed scholar-graduates, 44.4% were preparing for licensure examination; 13.1% and 1.4% were pursuing graduate studies and another degree, respectively, while 41.1% were jobless/not working. Notably, there were more males (51.1%) over females (48.9%) among those pursuing graduate studies.

Employment Characteristics of the Scholar-Graduates

Figure 4. Employment status and sex of scholar-graduates tracked

Employment Status and Sex


Pursuinganother degree

Pursuinggraduate studies

Jobless/Not working

Preparing forlicensure examination

Unemployed

Self-employed

Companies/Agencies

Employed 1,504 (68.2%)

701 (31.8%)

1,472 (97.9%)

32 (2.1%)

92 (13.1%)

288 (41.1%)

10 (1.4%)

311 (44.4%)

55.5% 44.5%

56.9% 43.1%

55.4% 44.6%

58.8% 41.2%

56.6% 43.4%

48.9%51.1%

80.0%20.0%

56.2%43.8%



Among the locally employed scholar-graduates, greater percentage were in the Private Sector (46.1%), while the rest were in the Academe-Government (32.4%), Government Sector (11.8%), and Academe-Private (9.5%), and those who did not specify their employment sector (0.2%).

By employment status, majority of the scholar-graduates were occupying Permanent positions in the Private Sector (69.0%) and Academe-Government (62.1%). On the other hand, scholar-graduates in the Government Sector (40.4%) and Academe-Private (56.9%) were mostly on Contractual status.

Figure 7. Employment sector and status of scholar-graduates tracked

Employment Sector and Status

Almost all of the scholars tracked were Employed Locally (96.3%), while only a few were Self-Employed (2.1%) and Employed Abroad (1.5%).

Based on 1,504 respondents.Employed Abroad

Self-employed

Employed Locally 1,449 (96.3%)

23 (1.5%)

32 (2.1%)

Figure 6. Employment location of scholar-graduates tracked

Employment Location


PermanentContractualTemporaryPart-timeJob orderNo information

No Information

Academe-Private

Government

Academe-Government

Private 668 (46.1%)

470 (32.4%)

171 (11.8%)

137 (9.5%)

3 (0.2%)

69.0%

62.1%

13.2%16.2%

21.1%13.2%

33.9% 40.4%

56.9%

1.0%0.4%0.1%

1.7%1.9%

66.7%33.3%

22.6%15.3%

5.1%

3.5%19.3%

0.6%2.3%



Among the locally employed scholar-graduates, a large proportion were in the Science and Technology (87.2%) related job/work, of which 53.8% were female. Only 12.8% were employed in the Non-S&T �elds.

Figure 9. Scholar-graduates tracked working in S&T �eld by sex and non-S&T �eld

Employment in S&T Field and Sex


680(53.8%)

584(46.2%)

Non-S&T

S&T

185(12.8%)

1,264 (87.2%)

The great majority of scholar-graduates in the government sector were connected in the Academe-Government (73.3%), followed by the National Government Agencies (NGAs) (22.0%), while less than �ve percent (4.7%) were classi�ed under the Local Government Units (LGUs).

Figure 8. Location of scholar-graduates tracked working in the government sector

Employment Location of Scholar-Graduates in the Government Sector

Based on 641 respondents.30 (4.7%)

3

3

4

9

10

13

49

50

141 (22.0%)

DepEd

PSA

DPWH

DA

DENR

PNP/AFP/Fire Protection

Other NGAs

DOST/DOST Regional Offices

National Government Agencies (NGAs)

Academe-Government

Local Government Units (LGUs)

470 (73.3%)



Using the International Standard Classi�cation of Occupations (2015 OECD, Frascati Manual), about eighty percent of the scholars’ occupations were classi�ed as Professionals (79.6%). The others were classi�ed under the Technicians and Associate Professionals (18.8%), Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers (0.7%), Managers (0.7%), and Services and Sales Workers (0.2%).

Figure 11. Employment of scholar-graduates tracked by occupational classi�cation

Employment by Occupational Classification

Based on 1,264 respondents.2 (0.2%)

9 (0.7%)

9 (0.7%)

238 (18.8%)

1,006 (79.6%)

Services and Sales Workers

Managers

Plant and Machine Operators andAssemblers

Technicians and Associate Professionals

Professionals

A large proportion of the scholars were employed in the �eld of Education (42.3%), followed by Engineering and Technology (27.5%), Natural Sciences (25.0%), Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences (3.4%), and Medical and Health Sciences (1.8%). In terms of sex disaggregation, majority in the Engineering and Technology related �elds were males (57.2%).

Figure 10. Employment of scholar-graduates tracked by broad S&T classi�cation and sex

Employment by Broad S&T Classification and Sex (Using the 2015 OECD, Frascati Manual)

Based on 1,264 respondents.Medical and

Health Sciences

Agricultural andVeterinary Sciences

Natural Sciences

Engineering and Technology

Education 534 (42.3%)

348 (27.5%)

316 (25.0%)

43 (3.4%)

23 (1.8%)

58.4% 41.6%

42.8% 57.2%

55.1% 44.9%

74.4%25.6%

56.5%43.5%



Relevant ContributionsThe �gure below shows the relevant contributions of the DOST-SEI scholar-graduates tracked. Many of the scholars

mentioned that they had Completed Research/Patent/Invention (121). Fifty-seven received Professional Award (57) and had Publication/Published Article in Journal (48). Some reported that they were occupying high level position either in the Private (10) and Government (5) Sectors; presented research paper in international arena /involved in research in collaboration with other countries (8); and opening a new business/engaged in entrepreneurship (8).

Figure 11. Relevant contributions of scholar-graduates tracked

5

8

8

10

48

57

121

Occupying high level position in the government sector

Opening with new business/engaged in entrepreneurship

Presented research paper in international arena/involved in research in collaboration with other country

Occupying high level position in the private sector

Publications/Published article in journal

Professional award

Completed Research/Patent/Invention

Based on 2,205 respondents (multiple responses).



This Tracer Study Fact Sheet No. 5 provides a snapshot of the employment outcomes of 2,205 DOST-SEI scholar-graduates of the undergraduate level programs who registered at the SEI Tracer website and directly submitted the Tracer Survey Forms to SEI and to the various DOST Regional Of�ces, from October 2018 until December 2019. Some important �ndings of the study are as follows:

Key Findings

The highest concentration of scholar-graduates tracked were in the Natural Sciences and Engineering and Technology (3 in every 10 scholars), followed by Education (about 2 in every 10 scholars), and the least in Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences. Majority of them were female, except for the Engineering and Technology, which was male dominated.

One in every ten scholars were jobless/not working, while about 7 in every 10 scholars were employed. A large proportion of both employed and unemployed scholars were female. The top reason cited among the jobless/not working was, they just recently graduated (64.7%).

Approximately 9 in every 10 scholars were employed in the S&T �elds, mostly in the Education Sector.

Nine in every ten scholars were employed locally, of which majority were occupying permanent positions, mostly in the Private Sector and in the Academe- Government. The scholar-graduates in the Government Sector and those in the Academe Private were mostly contractual status.

About 8 in every 10 scholars’ occupations were classi�ed as Professionals, while 2 in every 10 were categorized under the Technicians and Associate Professionals.

The top three relevant contributions cited by the scholar-graduates were as follows: 1) Completed Research/Patent/Innovation; 2) Professional Award; and 3) Publication/Published article in Journal.

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Editorial TeamExecutive Adviser

Josette T. Biyo, Ph.D.Director

Adviser and Chief Editor

Ruby R. Cristobal, Ph.D.Chief Science Research Specialist

Lay-out Artist/Proofreader

Glennise Shyra P. BaykingScience Research Specialist II

Vergel P. RebutaScience Research Specialist II

Data Collectors/Encoders

Vergel P. RebutaScience Research Specialist II

Lew Jorden R. JulveScience Research Specialist I

Data Analysts/Writers

Imelda S. SarioSupervising Science Research Specialist

Glennise Shyra P. BaykingScience Research Specialist II

Randolf S. SasotaSenior Science Research Specialist

Lew Jorden R. JulveScience Research Specialist I


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