The Implication of Researcher-Made Module in Essay Writing for the Selected Children in Conflict with the Law in Alternative Learning System, Binangonan, Rizal

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

"The youth is the hope of the fatherland." Philippine national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal once enunciated. But according to the 2016 UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), there are 263 million children and adolescents who are out of school youth. Meanwhile, in the Philippines, based on the 2016 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey (APIS), 39 million Filipinos aged six (6) to twenty-four (24) are Out of School Child and Youth, (Philippine Statistics Office, 2017). The 1987 Republic of the Philippines, Article XIV, Section 1 states that the State shall protect the rights of all citizens and provide them with good education at all levels. The state shall also take appropriate measures to secure such education.

METHODS

Dependent T-Test was used to compare whether there was a difference in the results of the pretest of the 20 Children in Conflict with the Law. The students were made to write essays without using the modules. Posttest using the modules was also administered that the researchers made. Those who used the modules were two-related groups of Children in Conflict with the Law studying under the program of Alternative Learning System of Municipal Social Welfare Development. Their ability to write was assessed through an essay writing rubric that the researchers made in preparation for the ALS Accreditation and EquivalencyTest.

RESULTS

The findings showed that there were many boys who were in conflict with the law than girls. Also, their educational attainments don't hinder them to write essays. It is true that even the twins are different because no one is born with the same thoughts and feelings about everything at all times. The individual differences theory appeared in this part of the study wherein what was easier subject for a particular person to write about was difficult for others. Based on the findings also, the researcher-made module helped the CICWL in writing essays. Thus, prepared them for the ALS Accreditation and Equivalency Test.

DISCUSSIONS

Those who were involved in this research were able to express their perceptions and feelings and have "social awareness" in the community to which they belong. It was found out that there were children with legal problems who have a talent in writing. Moreover, the researchers would like to encourage the public officials of the Municipality of Binangonan, especially those who are working in Municipal Social Welfare Development to intensify and widen their programs for delinquent youth and Children in Conflict with the Law because the authors believe that they are still the hope of the nation if guided well.