A Tracer Study on Graduates of Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Education (B.Ed. in ECE) Programme in Lao PDR, Savanhnakhet Teacher Training College, Academic year 2019-2020

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to: 1) assess the graduates’ acquired and developed skills and competencies obtained from the Programme; 2) explore the employment situation of the graduates of the B.Ed. in ECE Programme from Savanhnakhet TTC, academic year 2019-2020; and 3) evaluate employers’ satisfaction regarding the graduates’ skills and competencies obtained from the Programme. There were thirty-two closed-ended and open-ended questionnaires were used to investigate research questions. SPSS Programme war used to calculate values. In this study, researcher found that the overall results of the skills and competencies of the graduates acquired from the Programme were at the high level (μ = 4.10, σ = 0.41). The employed graduates rated the relevance of their acquired skills and competencies with their job requirements were at the high level (μ = 4.10, σ = 0.62), especially in their ‘knowledge and capacities to create knowledge through action research’ (μ = 4.40, σ = 0.59) and in ‘the use of their knowledge and experience in solving problems at work’ (μ = 4.00, σ = 0.56) were also at the high level.