Correlation of Internship Related Skills and Academic Performance in Selected Engineering Professional Courses

This study aimed to present the final grade of engineering students in Internship and selected professional courses for the past three years (2015- 2017); determine the level of Internship Self- Assessment Skills in terms of Management Skills, Interpersonal Skills, Work Skills and Communications Skills; and to test the significant relationship of final grade in selected professional courses and internship with OJT Self- Assessment. Descriptive research method was utilized in the study with the total population of the students who particularly underwent internship program. Results showed that the average performance of the Engineering students for the last three years is very good. Engineering graduating students are very much capable in terms of their interpersonal skills in internship and they are capable in terms of their management, work and communication skills. It also implies that there is a significant difference in the self-assessment among engineering interns in terms of Interpersonal Skills. While there is no significant difference on communication, work and management skills.

Keywords – Internship, Academic Performance, Engineering, Skills, OJT Performance