Licensure Examination Performance Evaluation of the Candidate Engineers as Basis for a Proposed Action Plan

This study evaluated the performances of the candidate engineers of the College of Engineering (COE) of the Tarlac State University (TSU) in the licensure examinations. The results of the four-year (2008-2011) licensure examinations of the graduates of the COE with specialization in the fields of civil, electrical, electronics, and mechanical engineering were covered in this study. The research methods used in the study were descriptive and analytical approaches. The Engineering graduate stook the board examination during the same year or not more than one year from the time of their graduation. Candidates who took the board examination more than once and/or beyond one year from the date of their graduation were not included in this study. The statistical methods used in this study were the descriptive and inferential statistics. The analysis of variance was used to determine the variation among the four-yearlicensure examination performances of the candidate engineers. The study revealed that there was no significant difference among the four-year licensure examination performances of both the civil and mechanical engineer candidates. In contrast, the electrical and electronics engineer candidates’ performances significantly differed within the evaluation period. The mechanical engineers candidates performed best among the four courses in the licensure examination.

Keywords: Candidate Engineer, Licensure Examination Performance, Evaluation of Licensure Performance