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Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Major in Animal Science).

Passing the licensure examination which is administered by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) one of the biggest accomplishments of all board program graduates here in the Philippines. This research was conducted to determine if there is a significant correlation between academic performance and the agriculturist licensure examination performance. The results of the study would assist the College of Agriculture in assessing its planning of possible interventions that may be prescribed to improve the passive rate of Aurora State College of Technology in the Agriculturist Licensure Examination.
The graduates of the Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (2018-2022) who were considered as takers of the June and November Agriculturist licensure exams were chosen as the respondents of the study. Their grades in the general subjects and major courses were compared with their licensure examination ratings in order to determine if there is any correlation. It was discovered that academic achievement has a weak negative relationship means it has no significant correlation with the agriculturist's licensure examination performance. Ascertaining that where is no significant relationship between academic achievement and performance in the licensure examination results poses a challenge to the academe, particularly to the professors, to be more objective in assessing academic achievements, lest students will be given false hopes that because they obtained above passing grads in the undergraduate , they can successfully hurdle the licensure examination. On one hand because of the current trend in outcomes-based education, there are more performance-based outputs required from students so rubrics to objectively evaluate and assess these outcomes must be devised in order to com eup with grades that would faithfully represent the students knowledge and skills.
Future studies may be undertaken to determine other possible factors that could contribute to the success of an Agriculture student in the Agriculturist Licensure Examination.