Public Secondary School's Governance School Performance in Calamba West District, Basis for a Good Governance Evaluation Tool

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Great leaders have emerged triumphant and immortalized in several countries renowned and made them great achievers as well. Their assumptions to leadership and power either made or unmade the history of the country. They demonstrated the leadership potentialities that made them gain popularity and eventually made their countries achieved remarkable and accelerating rate of growth and development.

METHODS

The research design used by the researcher is descriptive type to elicit the answers to specific problems of the study. This method involves gathering the data in order to determine the promotion and retention policy of the learners towards student progress.

RESULTS

It was found out in the study that good governance among principals of Calamba West District are highly evident in terms of transparency, ethics and accountability with 3.50, 3.80, and 3.52 respectively. Furthermore, there is no significant difference among the respondents' assessments on good governance. On school performance, only Buntog NHS has reached the target 100% on retention; Bubuyan NHS, Bunggo NHS, Buntog NHS, Canlubang NHS, and Mabato NHS got 100% on promotion; and the top three schools are Bunggo NHS, Palo Alto NHS and Kapayapaan NHS in terms of academics. Lastly, an action plan has been proposed to help the principals enhance their good governance.

DISCUSSIONS

The researcher reached the following conclusions based on his study that there is a high evidence of good governance among the twelve public secondary school heads in Calamba West District in terms of transparency, ethics and accountability; that the respondents similarly assessed the school principals' good governance; that some schools in Calamba West District apply best practices that is why they reach100% retention and promotional rate. Calamba public secondary school students still lack the competencies to reach a high score in the National Achievement Test; that good governance of principals is associated or connected with their school performance; and that based on the findings of the study, a proposed action plan is necessary to enrich principals' good governance and school performance.