An evaluation of the Naval Command and Staff Course (NCSC) program 1988 to 1993

• Main Author: Cuba, Salvador N.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1994
• Subjects: Educational evaluation; Philippines Navy; Curriculum evaluation; Educational Administration and Supervision
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1650
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study evaluates the Naval Command and Staff Course (NCSC) Program from 1988 to 1993 using Stufflebeam's CIPP Evaluation Model. The program is viewed within the context-input-process-output components of the system. Two groups of respondents participated in the study. The first group consisted of 336 graduates of the NCSC who were drawn at random from the population of 500 graduates from 1988 to 1993. They represented 74.01 percent of the target sample of 454 graduates. The other group of respondents were the 30 superiors of the graduates who comprised 62.5 percent of the total number of Chiefs of Staff of the Philippine Navy (PN) Major/Special Units, Headquarters Philippine Navy (HPN) Central Staff, Force Commanders, Coast Guard District Commanders and Marine Brigade Commanders as of calendar year 1993.The data were gathered mainly through surveys, documentary analysis, and interviews. Data were presented and analyzed with the use of descriptive statistics. The findings of the study indicated that the participants were already moderately competent as middle-level managers before the program entry but still expected to further improve their management skills. They reportedly acquire these management competencies and skills through the program and actually employed them in their work after program completion. Furthermore, the graduates were generally satisfied with the program although they felt that it was only moderately successful in developing among the students the desired patterns of behavior, attitudes and values which were exemplified in the Letter of Instruction Navy Mamamayan. The conclusions of the study are as follows: (1) the objectives of the NCSC program are clearly consistent with its mission of providing the students with the needed knowledge, skills, and competencies to qualify themselves for middle-level managerial positions in the different hierarchies of the naval command (2) the entry characteristics of the graduates, the qualified trainors/lecturers, and the adequate school facilities and incentives for students have effectively contributed to the successful conduct of the program and (3) in spite of the problems met during the program implementation, the NCSC program is effective in attaining its mission and objectives. The recommendations of the study are as follows: (1) that the program should be continued as a scheme for training middle-level managers in the Philippine Navy (2) the curriculum should be enriched with value integration (3) the program components which the graduates found should be maintained and (4) the program should be continued.