TTSAT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ AWARENESS AND USE OF SOLAR ENERGY AS ALTERNATIVE POWER SOURCE

 ABSTRACT

Aadzrie M. Amilhussin, Joey M. Arpon, Joshua M. Ege, Alhakim J. Hail, Mike Angelo E. Pon and Jackmar K. Suman  Grade 12 – Xenon, Technical, Vocational and Livelihood (TVL) Track. Senior High School Students. Tawi-Tawi School of Arts and Trades, Brgy. Pag-Asa, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi. TTSAT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ AWARENESS AND USE OF SOLAR ENERGY AS ALTERNATIVE POWER SOURCE

Adviser: FERMIN J. HAMJA

 

 

The province of Tawi-Tawi composed of eleven (11) municipalities and 307 islands and islets. Not all of these islands have access to electric power source of the Tawi-Tawi Electric Cooperative. Some households have their own generator, but some cannot afford to buy their own.

This study aimed to determine the awareness and use of solar energy as alternative power source of the senior high school students at the Tawi-Tawi School of Arts and Trades. Specifically, it sought to determine the basic profile of the respondents in terms of gender, grade level and monthly family income, find out the TTSAT senior high school students’ awareness solar energy as alternative power source, examine the TTSAT senior high school students’ perception on the use of solar energy as alternative power source and determine the significant difference of the TTSAT senior high school students’ perception on the use of solar energy as alternative power source in terms of gender, grade level and monthly family income.

            Moreover, this study employed a descriptive survey research design. The respondents of this study are the senior high school at the Tawi-Tawi School of Arts and Trades (TTSAT). There were forty (40) respondents in this study selected through convenient sampling method composed of twenty (20) male and twenty (20) female students.

The study revealed that majority of the respondents are on the age bracket of 18-20 years old composed of 75.00% and with a family income of 20,000 below and below 45.50%.  Followed by 20,001-30,000 (32.50%). It can be gleaned from this study that 100.00% of the respondents have knowledge about solar energy, have experienced solar energy as alternative power source before and hear/read about solar energy as alternative power source. However, 85.00% of the respondents reported that they don’t have alternative power source at their school/offices. Then, 80.00% of the respondents revealed that they are aware that solar energy can power ICT equipment and 82.50% believed that erratic power supply can be mitigated to a large extent.

 

As for the TTSAT senior high school students’ perception on the use of solar energy as an alternative power source in terms of gender, the female respondents obtained the highest weighted mean of 3.68 means they “strongly agreed” on the use of solar energy as an alternative power source. In terms of grade level, grade-11 respondents obtained the highest weighted mean of 3.71 means they “strongly agreed” on the use of solar energy as an alternative power source. While, in terms of monthly family income, the respondents with monthly family income of 30,001-40,000 obtained the highest weighted mean of 3.71 means they “strongly agreed” on the use of solar energy as an alternative power source.

Overall, the respondents obtained an overall mean of 3.67, this implies that the TTSAT senior high school students are strongly agreed on the use of solar energy as an alternative power source.

The study revealed that the TTSAT senior high school students’ perception on the use of solar energy as alternative power source do not differ in terms of gender, grade level and monthly family income as confirmed by the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).