Leadership Qualities in Governance of Southville IV National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Leadership is an important function of management which helps to maximize efficiency and to achieve organizational goals. Student leadership is a beneficial co-curricular activity where students grasp various opportunities that can help them to build good qualities of a leader. It is found that participating in different activities affect students' interpersonal development, social awareness, cultural awareness, and personal development. It involves development in communication skills, critical thinking skills, management skills, leadership skills, and expand the social network.This aims to provide appropriate Leadership Training Program of students’ leaders exposed to various field of endeavor to hone student's skills and support student organizations reduce youth behavioral problems

METHODS

This study, therefore, aimed to identify the leadership qualities in the governance of student leaders in Southville IV National High School, Division of Santa Rosa, Laguna. The respondents are those Supreme Student Government Officers and elected classroom officers. It was embedded in the descriptive research design using Pearson r to determine the relationship of the demographic profile and the leadership qualities in governance. The result was interpreted using the Likert scale. The study used a researcher-made survey questionnaire as the basis of leadership qualities on the governance of the student leaders.

RESULTS

Qualities in networking skills got the highest grand mean score with 4.45, followed by critical thinking and management skills with both 4.26. Qualities in self -awareness rated 4.24, communication skills got 4.19 and 4.00 for leadership skills qualities. This implies that age, gender, and grade level affect student leadership qualities.

DISCUSSIONS

The results indicated the leadership qualities in the governance of student leaders in terms of communication, critical thinking, networking, self-awareness, management and leadership skills. The diversity of age and grade level have different skills to be improved through various activities in leadership training programs. Further studies are encouraged to continue building evidence considering students' background and experiences that support the significance of the leadership training program on enhancing student leadership qualities.