School Readiness of Underage Kindergarten Pupils of Aguado Elementary School-Annex: Basis for School Readiness Plan
Keywords:
School Readiness, formal education, random sampling, underage kindergarten, ECCD Checklist,selection, direct elicitation, unstructured interview, overall development, improvementAbstract
INTRODUCTION
Kindergarten marks the beginning of formal education to most parents and teachers. Yearly, the cut-off age of the incoming pupils are changing, that's the reason why most of the kinder teachers at times takes it hard to know whether the child are ready or not to formal school. In this study, the researchers dig into the school readiness of the underage kindergarten pupils specifically in Aguado Elementary SchoolAnnex.
METHODS
This study utilized random sampling of respondents who were underage kindergarten pupils of Aguado Elementary School-Annex. The researchers administered Philippine Early Childhood Care and Development Checklist (ECCD) where various methods applied, these include observation, direct elicitation and also unstructured interview of the parents or caregivers
RESULTS
The outcome of Early Childhood Care and Development Checklist (ECCD) assessment shows that the participants got 80-119 Standard Scores. It explains that the Overall Development of the respondents are Average. In which it interprets that the underage kindergarten pupils of Aguado Elementary School-Annex are ready and prepare for school.
DISCUSSIONS
Base on the result, Early Childhood Care and Development Checklist (ECCD) is proven effective in assessing underage kindergarten pupils in Aguado Elementary School-Annex. Hence, the improvement of the assessment is highly recommended by the researchers to enhance the selection of the incoming Kindergarten pupils. The researchers suggests some deeper questions, more challenging task and engage activities from Grade 1 to ensure the readiness of underage kindergarten pupils for the next grade level.
