How the stakeholders perceive the impact of teacher training institutions through the graduates these have molded is likewise gleaned from this study. Any university or college, by way of its alumni, exists to serve society and to ensure the optimal development of a nation. More than a hundred academic institutions produce Education graduates in the country. From which of these institutions are preferred by basic education schools in hiring teachers can provide vital feedback.
This study intends to look into the factors which Philippine basic education schools, private and public, utilize to hire teachers. Specifically, it seeks to answer the following: What are the factors currently considered by public and private basic education schools in hiring teachers? How important are identified hiring factors in processing teacher applicants? What teacher-training institutions are preferred
by public and private basic education schools in selecting newly-hired teachers?