On-the-Job Training and Academic Performance of Mechanical Engineering Students in one Academic Institution in the Philippines

This study determined the level of student’s academic performance General Education subjects like English and Mathematics along with the professional subjects. This also determined their on-the-job training (OJT) performances in relation to their attitudes and perception towards the job, their job performances,  obedience to the policies of company and their working standards as assessed by their superiors. This serves as a tool to determine the attitudes and characteristics that graduating students must possess as they get employed after graduating. Their performance inside the school in terms of their Final Grades in both General and Professional Education courses served as reference with regards toothier knowledge, understanding and performance during their college studies at the university. The analysis between their academic performances and their OJT performances indicate how well and how valuable the knowledge, theories and skills taught, developed, and inculcated while taking the course which are to be applied in their actual working environment.

Keywords: On-the-Job Training, Internship, Mechanical Engineering