Extent of Integration of Personal Safety Lessons in AP and EsP and the Level of Pupils' Awareness and Sensitivity in Calauan District: Basis for Proposed Intervention Program for Safety of Children

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The integration of the school and the home is a millennial mandate in providing safety for young children in their search for theoretical knowledge and practical skills as compounded by the unified and enduring package of refined behavior as a strong foundation for quality living and a civilized nation. In school scenario, the issuance of Department of Education Order No. 40, s. 2012, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) aim to protect children from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury and abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment and exploitation, including sexual abuse. Supportive to the above Department of Education order, the researcher is greatly motivated to conduct a study on the extent of integration of personal safety lessons in Araling Panlipunan and Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao and the level of pupils' awareness and sensitivity of their rights and protection in Santo Tomas Elementary School in Calauan District in Laguna.

METHODS

This study is descriptive in design by utilizing the systematic sampling technique as basis for issuance and retrieval of the three (3) sets of locally-constructed questionnaire with five-Likert scale checklist inquiries to and from a total of one hundred fifty-two (152) respondents. The study had been subjected to statistical computations through the weighted mean, standard deviation, and Pearson formulas as basis for empirical testing of the null hypotheses (Ho1-5) at 5% level of significance.

RESULTS

The integration of personal safety lessons in Araling Panlipunan and Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao served as good predictor for increasing pupils' awareness and sensitivity of their rights, assistance, and protection as basis for effective management of Santo Tomas Elementary School in Calauan District as yielded by the r value of 0.99 which rejected Ho at 5% level of significance.

DISCUSSIONS

The most extensive are the sectorial participations for the integration of personal safety lessons, the higher one is the level of awareness and sensitivity of pupils of their rights for assistance protection. The integration of PSL in AP and EsP served as good predictor for increasing pupils' awareness and sensitivity of their rights, assistance and protection as basis for effective management of Santo Tomas Elementary School in Calauan District.