Family Relationships of Maritime Graduates of the Palompon Institute of Technology

This study was conducted to determine the family relationships of the respondents who graduated with the degree Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation (BSMT) and Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering (BSMarE) before they joined and after they graduated from the Maritime Education Upgrading Program of the Palompon Institute of Technology (PIT) – Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KVNR) through a descriptive research method. It was found out in the study that the quality of family relationships that kept family closely attached were not compromised thus considered healthy for the BSMT and likely healthy for the BSMarE even before the respondents have joined the upgrading program. Moreover, as the respondents already graduated from the program and already working onboard ships, it was found out that no amount of financial success could destroy the basic fundamentals of strong family relationships among Filipino families. Subsequently, as the respondents were always away from their families most of the times, yet this did not put the family relationships in peril. The respondents’ families manifested that their family relationships remained very strong and healthy that speaks true to Filipino way of family life. Data gathering was through several medium like the internet, the social media, mail delivery services, and by personally fielding the questionnaires. Sending the questionnaires through the identified mediums was done three times to give extra leeway for the respondents to acknowledge and return the filled-up survey questionnaires.