AN EXPLORATION ON GRADUATES’ WORKPLACE ISSUES, CHALLENGES, AND PRAXIS

Higher education institutions are committed to serving the students and assisting them in finding employment. This study helps the college gather enough information about how graduates engage in the workplace as part of the educational system. It used a Mixed Method of research. The respondents are the graduates from 2016 to 2020 from the Bachelor of Elementary Education (Generalist and Pre-Elem) and Bachelor of Secondary Education programs of Bataan Peninsula State University. The study used t-test, ANOVA, Tukey test, and MAXQDA for data processing. The study revealed that out of the 121 respondents, most are 22 to 26-year-old and female. The issues in the workplace that the respondents consider affecting them are the workload, promotion, and salary. The challenges in the workplace that the respondents think are challenging to them are students' attitudes and behaviour, bullying, parent involvement, school facilities, and technology and social media skills. There is no significant difference in the issues and challenges that the respondents experienced when they were grouped according to their profile except for age, there are significant differences exist in the technology and social media skills, and school facilities. If the respondents were grouped according to the area of specialization, significant differences also exist in the promotion and student attitudes and behaviours. Teacher education graduates' learning's in college are useful and applicable to their current job as a teacher.