This investigation explored the awareness of COEd students in the 21st century skills. The respondents were one hundred twenty-eight third year Bachelor of Elementary Education students of the College of Education of Eastern Samar State University--Salcedo Campus. The descriptive method of research was used and questionnaires were employed to determine the awareness of COEd students in the 21st century skills. Descriptive statistics such as frequency and percentage were used to treat the data. Based on the information and outcomes presented and discussed, the study revealed the following: The profile of the student respondents showed that the greatest percentage of third year BEEd students of the College of Education of ESSU-Salcedo were mostly females and most of them belonged to age ranging from 18-19 years old. Meanwhile, on the level of awareness of the respondents in the 21st century skills, it was found out that majority of them were extremely aware in the following 21st century skills--collaboration skills, communication skills, self-direction skills and using technology as a tool for learning; while the following were the 21st century skills where majority of the respondents were found to be moderately aware--critical thinking skills and creativity and innovation skills. In the light of the findings which were revealed in this study, the authors recommend the following: A continuous effort on engaging students in different activities such as peer tutoring, group works and projects, speech festivals, introspective and reflective activities, and hands-on learning on the different technologies available in the university must be undertaken; a constant integration of HOTS question must be given by the instructors and subject professors in every lesson; for specific practical lessons, project method, problem-solving and authentic assessment tools should be appropriately and constantly used by the instructors and subject professors; instructors and subject professors must engage students in activities wherein they could enhance their awareness on the 21st century skills and concretize and apply those skills to specific situations. [In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in Education 412 (Research and Statistics 2), Eastern Samar State University--Salcedo Campus.]