Evaluating information technology graduates employability using decision tree algorithm

Abstract

Employability of graduates reflects the quality of skills and competencies gained through a good quality of education provided by the academe that is suitable to the needs of the industry. It is also one of the performance indicators for the level of educational achievement of the tertiary institutions in the Philippines. Hence the importance of giving emphasis to the employability of graduates is imperative. This is the reason why this investigation is being conducted. Descriptive and Data Analysis method were employed in this research. A survey questionnaire was utilized as a data gathering tool to determine the data attributes and employable skills and competencies of the IT graduates. The answers to the questionnaires were tallied and were analyzed and classified using Decision Tree Algorithm of Waikato Environment for Knowledge Analysis (WEKA) Version 3.9.1 wherein prescription of the common skills and competencies for each IT related jobs for IT graduates were obtained.